[DOC] [TLE] History - New York Drama Critics' Circle [PAR] Maxwell Anderson, left, receives the first New York Drama Critics' Circle ... a 
second major drama award, decided by local critics, becomes increasingly ... 
New Republic's Stark Young (who resigns his position on the Pulitzer play jury to 
join). .... Best Play award goes to August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, the 
first of... [DOC] [TLE] Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - Wikipedia [PAR] Subject, A blues group waits to get to work in the studio, and tempers flare. Genre
, Drama. Setting, Chicago, early 1927. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 1982 play  
one of the ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle by August ... It was enormously well received
. ... Awards. 1985 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play. [DOC] [TLE] August Wilson - Wikipedia [PAR] August Wilson (April 27, 1945  October 2, 2005) was an American playwright 
whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he 
received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. .... Wilson's best known plays are Fences 
(1985) (which won a Pulitzer Prize and a ... Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 1920s, 
1984 [DOC] [TLE] August Wilson, Pulitzer winning playwright: Honours & Awards [PAR] August Wilson has received many honors and awards; here we list them in 
chronological order. 1985. New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play (
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom). 1986. Whiting Writers' Award (Ma Rainey's Black 
Bottom) ... His Plays. Recycle - 1973. Black Bart and the Sacred Hills - 1977. 
Fullerton Street... [DOC] [TLE] Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - My Illinois State [PAR] August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, his first play in a ten-play cycle, each 
... Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is considered Wilson's first major play and helped to 
cement ... Ma Rainey's Black Bottom received the New York Drama Critics' Circle 
... a New York Drama Critics' Circle Best Play Award, a Pulitzer Prize for drama,... [DOC] [TLE] 6_Fences_Study Guide and Homework.pdf - faculty.piercecollege.edu [PAR] Wilson's first major success as a playwright was Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, which 
... His best known plays are Fences (1985) (which won a Pulitzer Prize and a ... (a 
Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award), Ma Rainey's Black 
... MAJOR WORKS: The Pittsburgh Cycle, also called The Century Cycle - A... [DOC] [TLE] Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Play (Plume): August Wilson ... [PAR] Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Play (Plume) Paperback  April 24, 1985 ... Winner 
of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play .... August Wilson was a 
major American playwright whose work has been consistently ... His first play, Ma 
Rainey's Black Bottom, won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best... [DOC] [TLE] Fences, a Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by August Wilson, June 19-29 [PAR] Excluded as a black man from the major leagues during his prime, Troy's ... 
Wilson wrote Fences in 1983 as the sixth play of his 10-part Pittsburgh Cycle. ... 
That year, the play also won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Tony Award for Best 
Play, ... New York Drama Critics Circle Awards for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 
Fences,... [DOC] [TLE] August Wilson - U.S. History in Context - Gale [PAR] New York Drama Critics Circle Best Play for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 1985; 
Whiting ... 1990); married Constanza Romero (a costume designer); children: (
from first ... In his plays, Wilson focuses on the experiences of African Americans 
and the ... Drama Critics Circle Award and receiving an Antoinette Perry (Tony) 
Award... [DOC] [TLE] August Wilson | American dramatist | Britannica.com [PAR] His first major play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, opened on Broadway in 1984 and 
... Music, particularly jazz and blues, is a recurrent theme in

Question: His first major work, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", received a 1985 N.Y. Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play
Answer: August Wilson