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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 1982 play – one of the ten-play Century Cycle by August Wilson – that chronicles the 20th-century African-American experience. The play is set in a recording studio in 1920s Chicago , and deals with issues of race, art, religion, and the historic exploitation of black recording artists by white ...
- August Wilson
- 1984
- 1982
- English
17 de dic. de 2020 · “ Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ,” Wilson’s 1984 play about a recording session in Chicago in the 1920s, both dramatizes and expresses that duality. Absurdities and frustrations abound, and...
- George C. Wolfe
- 2 min
2 de may. de 2024 · Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, drama in two acts by August Wilson, performed in 1984 and published in 1985. It was the first of a series of plays in which Wilson portrayed African American life in the 20th century. The play, set in a recording studio in Chicago in 1927, features Ma Rainey, a popular blues singer, and the members of her band.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a play that centers around Black musicians in the 1920s. However, its opening scene focuses on two white studio executives, Sturdyvant and Irvin. Sturdyvant’s disparaging remarks about Ma set the stage for the rest of the play, as he speaks in a condescendingly racist way about her.
29 de abr. de 2021 · MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (1984, Broadway) Following the furore of the film version, here we have a look at the original Broadway incarnation of August Wilson's play. It was first staged...
18 de dic. de 2020 · A fictional account of a day in the life of the early 20 th century blues singer Rainey, who was known for her bawdy lyricism and bold personality, this is a reclamation of Black music and...
14 de dic. de 2020 · 'Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom' takes place on one day in 1927. The only one of Wilson’s “Pittsburg Cycle” to take place outside of that city, the play is set inside a recording studio on...
