Gem of the Ocean

Gem of the Ocean
Written byAugust Wilson
Date premieredApril 28, 2003
Place premieredGoodman Theatre, Chicago, IL
Original languageEnglish
SeriesThe Pittsburgh Cycle
Subjectin spiritual turmoil, a new life is sought and a magical journey across history and time is undertaken
GenreDrama
Setting1904, the Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Gem of the Ocean (2003) is a play by American playwright August Wilson. Although the ninth play produced, chronologically it is the first installment of his decade-by-decade, ten-play chronicle, The Pittsburgh Cycle, dramatizing the African-American experience in the twentieth century. At the time, only the 1990s remained unrepresented by a play.

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