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Gem of the Ocean

Gem of the Ocean is a play by American playwright August Wilson. It is the first installment of his decade-by-decade, ten-play chronicle, The Pittsburgh Cycle, dramatizing the African-American experience in the twentieth century.


“In the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”

Source: Gem of the Ocean

“You die how you live.”

Gem of the Ocean

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