King Hedley II Book

King Hedley II is the ninth play in August Wilson's Century Cycle. This one was good but like the rest of his plays not as good as Fences. One interesting fact that I noticed in this play was that the character of Aunt Ester, who is the main character in Gem of the Ocean, is mentioned as being 366 years old in King Hedley II (she is not in this play but is mentioned). So I asked myself, "when was Aunt Ester born?". So I subtracted 366 from the year that King Hedley II was set which was 1985 and I got 1619. 1619 is an important year in American history. It's like 1492 but there is no clever rhyme to remember the year's significance. 1619 is the year that the first African slaves were brought to America, specifically Jamestown, VA. She is a symbol of African American history going back to 1619.

I have one play left in order to finish the Century Cycle.