Two Trains Running
August Wilsonis a major American playwright whose work has been consistently acclaimed as among the finest of the American theater.  His first play,Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best new play of 1984-85.  His second play,Fences, won numerous awards for best play of the year, 1987, including the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Pulitzer Prize.Joe Turner's Come and Gone, his third play, was also voted best play of 1987-88 by the New York Drama Critics' Circle.  In 1990, Wilson was awarded his second Pulitzer Prize forThe Piano Lesson.