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Welcome to the Stage Review Section of the  
August Wilson Journal 

By Patrick Maley 
Associate Professor of English, Centenary University 

             

The work of August Wilson comes alive most fully in the theater. A poet as much as 
a playwright, Wilson wrote dialogue with musicality and crafted worlds with texture and 
nuance. He has given to American theater both a gift and a great burden: his plays teem with 
potential, but a reaching their greatest heights relies on teams of theater 
professionals. 

 August Wilson Journal has a commitment to exploring and 
engaging with productions of August Wilson’s work on stages across the 
country and the world. We would love to hear from scholars and 
advanced students of Wilson who are eager to respond to productions 
and share their views with the world of Wilson scholarship. 

 Our reviews strive to be short essays that engage with the 
productions as objects of analyses. Our reviewers are experts speaking to 
other experts. Reviews might consider the production and its approach 
within cultural, historical, political and aesthetic contexts, and might 
strive to contextualize the production within the play’s performance 
history and traditions. 

 In short, performance reviews in August Wilson Journal intend to unite the fields 
of Wilsonian scholarship and Wilsonian theater with the goal of advancing all of our 
intellectual and aesthetic engagement with Wilson’s work and legacy. 

 
Author Bio 

 
Dr. Patrick Maley is Association Professor of English at Centenary University where he 
teaches courses in Shakespeare, drama, classical literature, the history of the English 
language, and the Bible.   

 
 
 
 
 
 

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 This journal is published by the University Library System of the University of Pittsburgh as part of its  
D-Scribe Digital Publishing Program and is cosponsored by the University of Pittsburgh Press. 

Patrick Maley 

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	Welcome to the Stage Review Section of the  August Wilson Journal
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