Seven Guitars
play by Wilson
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Seven Guitars is a play by August Wilson, first produced in 1995. It is the seventh play in Wilson's acclaimed cycle chronicling African American life throughout the 20th century. The play is set in 1948 and focuses on a group of friends who reunite following the death of a local blues guitarist. Music, particularly blues and jazz, is a recurring theme in Wilson's works, often reflected in the lyrical and vernacular style of his dialogue. Wilson won two Pulitzer Prizes for his plays Fences and The Piano Lesson.12
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