Radio Golf
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Radio Golf is a play by August Wilson that concludes his ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle, exploring African American life and history through the story of an ambitious Black politician and real estate developer in 1990s Pittsburgh.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Radio Golf canonical | 7 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | play ⓘ |
| author | August Wilson ⓘ |
| broadwayTheatre | Cort Theatre ⓘ |
| broadwayTransferYear | 2007 ⓘ |
| concludes | August Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| cycleNumber | tenth play in the Pittsburgh Cycle ⓘ |
| cycleTheme | African American experience in each decade of the 20th century ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between economic progress and cultural heritage
ⓘ
corruption in politics ⓘ identity and legacy ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Elder Joseph Barlow
ⓘ
Mame Wilks ⓘ Roosevelt Hicks ⓘ Sterling Johnson ⓘ |
| genre | drama ⓘ |
| hasAwardNomination |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ |
| hasCharacterConnection | characters from earlier Pittsburgh Cycle plays ⓘ |
| hasISBN | 9781559363083 ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Harmond Wilks ⓘ |
| notableProduction |
Broadway 2007 production
ⓘ
Yale Repertory Theatre ⓘ
surface form:
Yale Repertory Theatre 2005 production
|
| originalMedium | stage ⓘ |
| partOf | Pittsburgh Cycle ⓘ |
| premiereLocation | Yale Repertory Theatre ⓘ |
| premiereYear | 2005 ⓘ |
| protagonistOccupation |
politician
ⓘ
real estate developer ⓘ |
| publisher | Theatre Communications Group ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| settingNeighborhood |
The Hill District (Pittsburgh)
ⓘ
surface form:
Hill District
|
| settingTimePeriod | 1990s ⓘ |
| settingType | contemporary urban setting ⓘ |
| structure | two-act play ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
African American history
ⓘ
African American life ⓘ community displacement ⓘ gentrification ⓘ political ambition ⓘ race and class ⓘ urban redevelopment ⓘ |
| theme |
preservation of Black history and spaces
ⓘ
tension between personal success and community responsibility ⓘ the cost of assimilation ⓘ |
| writtenBy | August Wilson ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
August Wilson