![]() ![]() Caesar (Dan Johnson) is Mary’s brother, and also the local constable. ![]() Skillman), who also used to be enslaved and helped others escape by working on the Underground Railroad with Eli. ![]() Duneghy II) There is also Solly Two Kings (David W. Ester lives with Black Mary (Dominique Byrd), her housekeeper and “adopted” daughter, and her spiritual guard Eli (Hugh M. The play is set in one location, the house of 285-year-old Ester Tyler (Madelyn Porter) who is a “soul cleanser” who was formerly enslaved, and who came from Africa on a slave-ship. ![]() Gem is the first part of Wilson’s decade-by-decade 10-play chronicle- dubbed the Century or Pittsburg Cycle - exploring themes of self-identity, freedom and the African American experience over time. And the current production at The Detroit Repertory Theatre does Wilson’s play plenty of justice. DETROIT, MI–August Wilson’s Gem of The Ocean is a complex quilt of characters set in 1904 Pittsburgh, 39 years after slavery was abolished–a time when there were plenty of people alive who had lived in bondage and remembered Abraham Lincoln with the recent familiarity that people today remember Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton.īecause of the time and place, some may feel it is a bit of a period piece. ![]()
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