Jitney - by August Wilson (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Regular cabs will not travel to the Pittsburgh Hill District of the 1970s, and so the residents turn to each other. Jitney dramatizes the lives of men hustling to make a living as jitneys--unofficial, unlicensed taxi cab drivers. When the boss Becker's son returns from prison, violence threatens to erupt. What makes this play remarkable is not the plot; Jitney is Wilson at his most real--the words these men use and the stories they tell form a true slice of life."--The Wikipedia entry, accessed 5/22/2014.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Drama </p><p> Characters: 8 male, 1 female </p><p>Interior Set</p><p>Set in 1970 in the Hill District of Pittsburgh that is served by a makeshift taxi company, <em>Jitney</em> is a beautiful addition to the author's decade by decade cycle of plays about the black American experience in the twentieth century. <p>"Explosive... Crackles with theatrical energy."-<em>N.Y. Daily News</em> <p>"Could be described as just a lot of men sitting around talking. But the talk has such varied range and mus
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