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August Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". [ 1 ] He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle (or The Century Cycle ) , which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the ...
While he mostly focused on poetry for adults, Hughes wrote a book of poems called The Dream Keeper specifically for children. [1] Geisel at work on a drawing of the Grinch for How the Grinch Stole Christmas! in 1957. Children's poetry in the mid-20th century was dominated by Theodor Geisel, otherwise known as Doctor Seuss. Dr.
Harry Burleigh set the poem "Lovely, dark, and lonely one" from the 1932 collection The Dream Keeper and Other Poems [99] to music in 1935, [100] his last art song. Italian composer Mira Sulpizi set Hughes's text to music in her 1968 song "Lyrics". [101] Hughes's life has been portrayed in film and stage productions since the late 20th century.
A Dream Play (Swedish: Ett drömspel), sometimes staged in English as The Dream Play, is a fantasy play in 14 scenes written in 1901 by the Swedish playwright August Strindberg. It was published in Swedish in 1902 [ 1 ] and first performed in Stockholm on 17 April 1907.
In a letter to Power on December 31, 1931, Hughes thanked her "for the splendid little introduction" [8] she wrote for his book of poems, The Dream Keeper. In 1932, Ella McGregor of the American Library Association 's Committee on Library Work with Children, asked Power for the name of someone who would might be interested in writing an article ...
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Here are just three books that will suitably introduce Hughes to young poetry lovers: "The Dream Keeper and Other Poems" not only collects poems Hughes specifically pointed toward younger souls ...
King Hedley II is the ninth play in August Wilson’s ten-play cycle that, decade by decade, examines African American life in the United States during the twentieth century. Set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1985, it tells the story of an ex-con in Pittsburgh trying to rebuild his life.