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PLAYS
THE DECADES
AUGUST WILSON
IDEOLOGIES
VOCAB
100
NAME OF WILSON'S PLAY CENTERED AROUND BASEBALL
What is FENCES
100
THIS AUGUST WILSON PLAY WAS SET IN THE 1970s
What is JITNEY
100
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE STATE WILSON WAS BORN IN
What is PENNSYLVANIA
100
WILSON ONLY WANTED THIS ETHNICITY IN HIS PLAYS
What is AFRICAN AMERICANS/BLACKS
100
SPREADING OUT OF PEOPLE OVER THE WORLD
What is DIASPORA
200
NAME OF THE 300 OLD SPIRIT IN GEM OF THE OCEAN
What is AUNT ESTHER
200
THIS PLAY WAS SET IN THE FIRST DECADE OF THE 1900s
What is GEM OF THE OCEAN
200
THIS WAS THE CAUSE OF WILSON'S DEATH
What is LIVER CANCER
200
THIS MAN WAS ONE OF WILSON'S BIGGEST CRITICS IN REGARDS TO HIS CASTING IDEOLOGIES
What is ROBERT BRUSTEIN
200
THIS IS AN AWARD FOR ACHIEVEMENTS IN NEWSPAPER, MAGAZINE AND JOURNALISM, LITERATURE & MUSICAL COMPOSITION IN THE USA.
What is THE PULITZER PRIZE
300
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE PLAY THAT AN INSTRUMENT WAS TRYING TO BE SOLD TO START A WATERMELON STAND
What is PIANO LESSON
300
THIS WAS THE DECADE THAT WILSON'S LAST PLAY WAS SET IN.
What is 1990s
300
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE TOWN THAT WILSON LIVED IN MOST OF HIS LIFE
What is HILL DISTRICT
300
THIS TERM WAS USED IN WILSON'S PLAYS TO SAY THAT SOMEONE LOST THEIR IDENTITY
What is "LOSING YOUR SONG"
300
THIS IS THE ABILITY TO NOT JUST GIVE EVERYONE THE SAME THING BUT TO GIVE THEM EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEED.
What is EQUITY
400
THIS IS THE COLLECTIVE NAME OF ALL OF WILSON'S 10 PLAYS
What is "THE PITTSBURGH CYCLE"
400
FENCES WAS WRITTEN IN THIS DECADE OF JIM CROW. THE DECADE RIGHT BEFORE THE CIVIL RIGHTS ERA.
What is THE 1950s
400
THE NAMES OF THE CITY AND STATE WILSON MOVED TO WHEN HE LEFT PITTSBURGH
What is MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA
400
THIS WAS WILSON'S MAIN IDEOLOGY ABOUT WRITERS AND ACTORS IN THEATER.
What is WILSON BELIEVED BLACK ACTORS SHOULD NOT ACT OUT PLAYS WRITTEN BY WHITES
400
THESE ARE A COLLECTION OF STORIES TOLD TO EXPLAIN NATURE, HISTORY AND CUSTOMS.
What is MYTHOLOGY
500
ALL OF WILSON'S PLAYS CHRONICLED THIS EXPERIENCE
What is THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE
500
MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM WAS SET IN THE SAME DECADE OF THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE
What is 1920s
500
WILSON FELT LIKE AFRICAN AMERICANS LACKED THIS IMPORTANT THING THAT OTHER RACES AND CULTURES HAD
What is A MYTHOLOGY
500
ROBERT BRUSTEIN COINED THIS TERM TO TALK ABOUT WILSON'S IDEA OF CASTING?
What is SUBSIDIZED SEPARATISM
500
THIS IS A RECURRENT SYMBOL OR MOTIF IN LITERATURE, ART OR MYTHOLOGY
What is ARCHETYPE