Jitney!
| Year of Publication |
2001
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| Publication Type |
Playscript
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
96 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Author | |
| Publisher |
Overlook Press
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| City |
Woodstock, NY
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| Abstract |
As Pittsburgh taxis do not serve the Hill District, a group of black men in 1977 hustle as jitneys—unlicensed cab drivers—and pass the time by telling stories.
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| Author Biography |
August Wilson (1945-2005), born Frederick August Kittel Jr. in Pittsburgh's Hill District neighborhood, won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. He died in Seattle and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in O’Hara Twp., Allegheny County.
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| Time |
1977
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