Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Written byAugust Wilson
Date premiered1984
SeriesThe Pittsburgh Cycle
GenreDrama
SettingChicago, 1927

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is a 1984 play by August Wilson. It first opened on April 6, 1984, at the Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven, Connecticut. [1]

Plot

Characters

Sturdyvant

Irvin

Cutler

Toledo

Slow Drag

Levee

Ma Rainey

Policeman

Dussie Mae

Sylvester

Major Themes

Development History

Publication History

Explanation of the Work's Title

Literary Significance and Reception

Awards and Nominations

Adaptations

Citations

  1. Wilson 1985, p. 7.

Works Cited

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