description: 1977 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best Ameerican play. Concerning a team of men, Don, Teach, Bob, and Fletcher (who does not appear in the play, but is referred to), who are conspiring to steal a coin collection from a wealthy man. Don, who owns a junk shop, sold a nickel to a man for much less than what it was worth. Out of revenge, he and his young gofer, Bob, plan to steal the man's coin collection after suspecting that he went away for the weekend.
language: English
title: American Buffalo
titlecomplete: American Buffalo
characters: Walter 'Teacher' Cole, Bobby (Sweet Cherry), Donny Dobrow
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, American, The United States Of America, Drama, School, Classics, 20th Century, Crime
ratings_count: 5101
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play, awardedAt: 189331200000
name: Obie
category: Best New American Play
publisher: Methuen Pub Ltd