A short piece for the August Wilson Society blog on King Hedley II
King Hedley II, named ostensibly for his father, King Hedley of Seven Guitars fame, is the biological son of a man Ruby was involved with before she left Birmingham. The plot thickens across time as we learn that (1) Elmore, Ruby’s current suitor, murdered Hedley’s biological father, Leroy, over what amounted to a gambling debt, (2) King murdered Pernel…
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