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Set in 1904 Pittsburgh, it is chronologically the first work in August Wilson's decade-by-decade cycle dramatizing the African American experience during the 20th century-an unprecedented series that includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Fences and The Piano Lesson. Aunt Esther, the drama's 287-year-old fiery matriarch, welcomes into her Hill District home Solly Two Kings, who was born into slavery and scouted for the Union Army, and Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama searching for a new life.… (mais)
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Citizen Barlowe, a very troubled young man with a guilty conscience, seeks help from Aunt Ester Tyler, an ancient woman gifted with the wisdom of the ages. She sets him a task, and then takes him on a spiritual journey to the "City of Bones" where he atones for his sin and learns to "be right with himself". I enjoyed reading this play, but have trouble imagining it on the stage. There is little action, and not a lot of dialog. Mainly, various characters deliver longish speeches--Aunt Ester and Solly tell stories, Caesar rants. I think I would have appreciated it better in the form of a short story. Still, powerful voices speaking here. ( )
  laytonwoman3rd | Dec 16, 2019 |
The earliest time period of Wilson's Century series. It tells the story of Aunt Ester.

It is hard to read a play rather than seeing it. While I understood the story, I did not feel an emotional attachment to any character. I hope one day to see a performance of Gem of the Ocean so I can then pick up the nuances and emotions of the play. I have seen 2 other plays in the Century Series and loved them. ( )
  Sheila1957 | Feb 17, 2018 |
This is the first play in August Wilson's Century Cycle set in 1904 in the Hill district in Pittsburgh, PA. All of the action in the play takes place in in the parlor of the home of Eli, Aunt Ester and Black Mary at 1839 Wylie Avenue.
The Gem of the Ocean is a paper boat made by Aunt Ester out of a bill of sale that was made out for her when she was a slave. Aunt Ester made the Gem of the Ocean to take Citizen Barlow to the Island of Bones to get his soul washed. Citizen Barlow needed to wash his soul to get clean from a sin he had committed.
Caesar Wilks, the ward constable, is the brother of Black Mary. She moved away from Caesar when he shot someone who was running away after stealing a loaf of bread. Caesar is a hard man who found success keeping law and order for the white men who run the community.
Solly Two Kings and Eli are friends from the days of the Underground Railroad. Rutherford Selig is a traveling peddler who often visits at the house on 1839 Wylie Avenue.
I found two themes in the play, violence and spirituality. The violence that runs through different incidents in the play is the violence of the oppression of African-Americans. The violence that has kept these people in poverty and powerless to control their fate. Caesar is for me a black man who becomes an instrument of oppression motivated by his greed and desire for power.
The spirituality of the characters provides their strength. This strength they brought from across the ocean and carry within themselves. I cannot help but feel that there is a connection between the Island of Bones and those who died on the Middle Passage. Citizen Barlow's trip to the Island of Bones has a great deal of symbolism in the singing and actions of the other characters involved.
This is a play that must be seen to be fully appreciated. There is a performance of Jitney, another Wilson play, coming to my area in April and I will be sure to see it.
I dare not give away the details of the play. What I can say is that it provides a connection with the lives of African-Americans of this time that is an important experience. ( )
  wildbill | Jan 7, 2010 |
Set in 1904 Pittsburgh, Gem of the Ocean is the play that begins August Wilson's ten-play cycle dramatizing the African American experience during the twentieth century - a series that includes the plays Fences and The Piano Lesson. Aunt Ester, the drama's 285-year-old fiery matriarch, welcomes into her Hill District home Solly Two Kings, who was born into slavery and scouted for the Union Army, and Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama searching for a new life. ( )
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Set in 1904 Pittsburgh, it is chronologically the first work in August Wilson's decade-by-decade cycle dramatizing the African American experience during the 20th century-an unprecedented series that includes the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Fences and The Piano Lesson. Aunt Esther, the drama's 287-year-old fiery matriarch, welcomes into her Hill District home Solly Two Kings, who was born into slavery and scouted for the Union Army, and Citizen Barlow, a young man from Alabama searching for a new life.

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