August Wilson (1945-2005) left behind a body of nearly 20 plays, but a good deal of his life’s work consists of an incredibly ambitious project, one not really attempted by anyone else in recent memory, if at all. Wilson wrote a cycle, or a set of plays on a loosely related theme. Wilson’s theme is […]
The 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards are coming, and the nominated films and TV shows include adaptations of some of our favorite books (and plays), as well as a few that we’re only now discovering. The printed word has always been a reliable source of inspiration for film, and it’s wonderful when a beloved book […]