Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Name: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Author: August Wilson
ISBN: 9780452261136

by August Wilson

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NOW A NETFLIX FILM STARRING VIOLA DAVIS AND CHADWICK BOSEMAN From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Fences and The Piano Lesson comes the extraordinary Ma Rainey's Black Bottom—winner of the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Best Play. The time is 1927. The place is a run-down recording studio in Chicago. Ma Rainey, the legendary blues singer, is due to arrive with her entourage to cut new sides of old favorites. Waiting for her are her Black musician sidemen, the white owner of the re...

First published 1985114 pages

812.54

Category: Literature
Priority: Must-Read
Author works: 4
Editions known: 11

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 812.54
Library of Congress (LCC): ML0050.Z99 H34 1986PS3573.I45677M3 1985PS3573.I45677 M3 1985cPS3573.I45677 M3 1985

Subjects

African American authorsAfrican AmericansAfrican american women singersAfrican american women singers--illinois--chicago--dramaAmerican Blues singersAmerican dramaAmerican drama (dramatic works by one author)Blues (Music)Blues musiciansBlues musicians--illinois--chicago--dramaDramaHistory

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ISBN 9780452261136English

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First published1985

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