Seven Guitars

by August Wilson

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Full Length, Tragic comedy

Characters: 4 male, 3 female

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The sixth in the author's decade by decade exploration of the black experience in America, two of which have won Pulitzer Prizes, Seven Guitars is part bawdy comedy, part dark elegy and part mystery. In the backyard of a Pittsburgh tenement in 1948, friends gather to mourn for a blues guitarist and singer who died just as his career was on the verge of taking off. The action that follows is

  • ISBN13 9780573696008
  • Publish Date 4 January 2011 (first published 1 August 1997)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Samuel French Ltd
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 126
  • Language English