Gem of the Ocean
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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Apr 28, 2003
Closed May 24, 2003
Opened Apr 28, 2003
Closed May 24, 2003
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Set in 1904, Gem of the Ocean continues August Wilson's cycle of plays exploring the African American experience in the 20th century. When Citizen Barlow, in spiritual turmoil, arrives at Aunt Ester's house claiming sanctuary from Caesar, the local constable, he sets into motion a series of events that includes a journey to the City of Bones, which leads to startling discoveries and puts him on a course where duty leads to redemption.
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The esteemed August Wilson -- a good bet for a future Nobel Prize -- now has completed nine of his proposed cycle of 10 plays about the African-American experience in the 20th Century, one play per decade. While he pursued the decades in random order, Wilson always knew that his play for the 1990s would be the last of the cycle, as that decade hadn't unfolded at the start of his work. What he didn't know was that his play about the first decade of the 20th century would be the penultimate, giving him the opportunity -- which he is seizing -- to create thematic bookends for the cycle.
Wilson already has begun the 10th and final play. Meanwhile, the ninth, Gem of the Ocean, is having its worl[...]