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      • But it was Richards's directorship of a program to develop new plays at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center in Waterford, Conn., that brought him into contact with an unknown black poet named August Wilson. In 1981, Richards plucked Wilson's play "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" from a stack of submissions and invited him to attend the conference.
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      Lloyd Richards & August Wilson: A Winning Partnership Plays On

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  3. onlineexhibits.library.yale.edu › s › yalerepLloyd Richards and August Wilson · Yale University Library ...

    Lloyd Richards directed five of August Wilson’s plays in a creative partnership that spanned two decades. Six of the ten plays in Wilson’s American Century Cycle, chronicling the African-American experience, premiered at Yale Rep: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (1984), Fences (1985), Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1986), The Piano Lesson (1987 ...

  4. www.csmonitor.com › 1995/0918/18132Lloyd Richards & August Wilson: A Winning Partnership Plays On

    Sept. 18, 1995, 12:09 p.m. ET | BOSTON. Director Lloyd Richards had no idea that his first encounter with playwright August Wilson would mellow into a decade-long collaboration. Richards was the...

  5. achievement.org › achiever › lloyd-richardsLloyd Richards - Academy of Achievement

    Jun 29, 2006 · Lloyd Richards discovered the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson. Wilson discusses his work at the 1988 Academy Summit in Nashville, Tennessee. Inducted in 1987

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  7. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersAugust Wilson’s 10-play cycle: scenes and synopses - PBS

    • Jitney (1979) Premiere: 1982, Allegheny Repertory Theatre, Pittsburgh; 2000 premiere Off-Broadway at Second Stage Theatre. Synopsis: Set in an unofficial taxi station threatened with demolition in 1977, Jitney explores the lives and relationships of drivers, highlighting conflicts between generations and different concepts of legacy and identity.
    • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (1982) Ebony Jo-Ann performs Ma Rainey’s monologue exclusively for August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand. Premiere: 1984, Yale Repertory Theatre; subsequent 1984 Broadway opening at the Cort Theatre.
    • Fences (1984) Rosalyn Coleman (Rose), Ray Anthony Thomas (Troy) and Horace Rogers (Jim Bono) perform a scene from Fences exclusively for August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand.
    • Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1984) Premiere: 1986, Yale Repertory Theatre; 1988, Broadway opening at Ethel Barrymore Theater. Synopsis: Set in a Pittsburgh boardinghouse in 1911, the ensemble play includes characters who were former slaves and examines the residents’ experiences with racism and discrimination.

  8. learningenglish.voanews.com › a › what-it-takesWhat It Takes - August Wilson, Lloyd Richards

    Jun 1, 2018 · Lloyd Richards was already a luminary of the theater when he met August Wilson. He had brought A Raisin in the Sun to the stage, after all.

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  9. www.latimes.com › archives › la-xpm-2006-jul-01-meLloyd Richards, 87; Stage Director Revolutionized Black ...

    Jul 1, 2006 · Lloyd Richards, the stage director who helped launch Lorraine Hansberry and August Wilson into the playwriting pantheon, revolutionizing not only black theater but the entire way in which...

  10. www.thegreenespace.org › watch › august-wilson-talkAugust Wilson Talk Series: The Lloyd Richards Effect - The ...

    August Wilson Talk Series: The Lloyd Richards Effect. Theater director Lloyd Richards, long-time Dean of the Yale School of Drama and Artistic Director of the National Playwrights Conference, discovered and championed August Wilson’s plays and directed six of them on Broadway.