The Ground on Which He Stood: Revisiting August Wilson’s Speech
Artists and scholars gathered this week to hear and reconsider August Wilson’s famous TCG speech about race and theatre.
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Artists and scholars gathered this week to hear and reconsider August Wilson’s famous TCG speech about race and theatre.
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