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Jitney
August Wilson (1979)
A co-production with Stanhope Productions, Sageworks & CTG
'Jitney is a play that must come to Britain' The Times
The sell-out American production of August Wilson's powerful first play comes to the National for 34 performances only.
Set in a Pittsburgh cab company in the late 70s, it tells the story of the men who drive the jitney cars and their struggle to find honour and
accomplishment in a landscape of diminishing possibility.
'Absorbing, funny and beautifully acted' Variety
'The themes in Jitney transcend both time and race... an acutely intelligent, deeply affecting study of the human spirit, delivered with the gritty poetry that makes August Wilson's work at once dazzling and brutally realistic' USA Today
34 performances only, ends 21 Nov
The text for this play is available from the National's Bookshop.
photo of Willis Burks II by Jay Thompson
Cast credits:
: Anthony Chisholm
: Barry Shabaka Henley
: Keith Randolph Smith
: Leo V Finnie III
: Roger Robinson
: Russell Andrews
: Stephen McKinley Henderson
: Willis Burks II
: Yvette Ganier
Production credits:
Director: Marion McClinton
Set Designer: David Gallo
Costume Designer: Susan Hilferty
Lighting Designer: Donald Holder
Sound Designer: Rob Milburn
Jitney finished on: 21 November 2001
