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The time is 1927. The place is a run-down recording studio in Chicago. Ma Rainey, the legendary blues singer, is due to arrive with her entourage to cut new sides of old favorites. Waiting for her are her black musician sidemen, the white owner of the record company, and her white manager. What goes down in the session to come is more than music. It is a riveting portrayal of black rage . . . of racism, of the self-hate that racism breeds, and of racial exploitation . . .
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- Title Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Play
- Author August Wilson
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 112
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Plume Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1985-04-24
- ISBN 9780452261136 / 0452261139
- Weight 0.23 lbs (0.10 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.37 x 0.35 in (20.37 x 13.64 x 0.89 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects African Americans, Racism
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 84027156
- Dewey Decimal Code 812
Media reviews
"The play's themes are not new to the stage . . . the black American search for identity . . . and the process by which any American sells his soul for what Arthur Miller calls the salemean's dream. Mr. Wilson's style, however, is all his own. . . . He has lighted a dramatic fuse that snakes and hisses through several anguished eras of American life. When the fuse reaches its explosive final destination, the audience is impaled by the impact."
Frank Rich, The New York Times
"Extraordinary! Ma Rainey rides on the exultant notes of the blues!"
Jack Kroll, Newsweek
"What a joy! Brilliant . . . explosive! One of the most dramatically riveting plays I've seen in years. You must see it!"
William A Raidy, Newhouse Newspapers
"A genuine work of art . . ."
Brendan Gill, The New Yorker
Frank Rich, The New York Times
"Extraordinary! Ma Rainey rides on the exultant notes of the blues!"
Jack Kroll, Newsweek
"What a joy! Brilliant . . . explosive! One of the most dramatically riveting plays I've seen in years. You must see it!"
William A Raidy, Newhouse Newspapers
"A genuine work of art . . ."
Brendan Gill, The New Yorker
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