Two Trains Running

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play stage work

Two Trains Running is a play by August Wilson that explores the lives and struggles of African Americans in a 1960s Pittsburgh diner.

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Two Trains Running canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
actCount two acts ⓘ
author August Wilson ⓘ
broadwayTheatre Walter Kerr Theatre ⓘ
broadwayTransferDate 1992 ⓘ
chronologicalDecadeInCenturyCycle 1960s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
depictsEvent urban renewal in Pittsburgh ⓘ
depictsHistoricalContext post–Civil Rights Movement era ⓘ
firstPublisher Plume ⓘ
genre African-American theatre ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasCharacter Hambone ⓘ
Holloway ⓘ
Memphis Lee ⓘ
Risa ⓘ
Sterling ⓘ
West ⓘ
Wolf ⓘ
hasSubject African American working class ⓘ
gentrification ⓘ
small business ownership ⓘ
hasTheme dignity in the face of oppression ⓘ
economic justice ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
spirituality and prophecy ⓘ
the cost of progress ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject African American life ⓘ
black identity ⓘ
civil rights era ⓘ
community displacement ⓘ
economic inequality ⓘ
hope and resilience ⓘ
nominatedFor Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ
partOf Century Cycle ⓘ
Pittsburgh Cycle ⓘ
premiereDate 1990 ⓘ
premiereLocation Yale Repertory Theatre ⓘ
seriesOrdinalInPittsburghCycle seventh play ⓘ
settingLocation Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
settingNeighborhood The Hill District (Pittsburgh) ⓘ
surface form: Hill District
settingPlace diner ⓘ
settingTime 1960s ⓘ
settingYear 1969 ⓘ
writtenBy August Wilson ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Laurence Fishburne → notableWork → Two Trains Running ⓘ
August Wilson → notableWork → Two Trains Running ⓘ
Gem of the Ocean → relatedWork → Two Trains Running ⓘ
The Pittsburgh Cycle → hasPart → Two Trains Running ⓘ
Pittsburgh Cycle → hasPart → Two Trains Running ⓘ
Azula Carmen Wilson → notableWork → Two Trains Running ⓘ
subject surface form: August Wilson