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King Hedley II (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)

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King Hedley II is the eighth play in August Wilson's ten-play cycle that, decade by decade, examines African American life in the United States during the twentieth century.

King Hedley's wish, now that he has returned to Pittsburgh from prison, is to support himself by selling refrigerators and to start a family. Some of the characters in this play were presented earlier in Seven Guitars; this leads to a bit of confusion, as Wilson anticipates that audiences will remember these characters from a play produced seven years earlier. If they fail to remember them,...

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