Quote of the day
Most of the slaves, who were thus unconditionally freed, returned without any solicitation to their former masters, to serve them, at stated wages; as free men. The work, which they now did, was found to better done than before.
August Wilson
Born: April 27, 1945
Died: October 2, 2005 (aged 60)
Bio: August Wilson was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.
Known for:
- Fences (1986)
- The Piano Lesson (1988)
- Jitney (2001)
- Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1985)
- Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1984)