Reuters quote of the day, October 2

London. Oct 1 Oct 1 (Reuters) Following is a notable quote from history.

''As soon as white folks say a play's good, the theater is jammed with blacks and whites.'' -- Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson, whose cycle of plays chronicling 20th-century African-American life brought a new frankness to the way theatre dealt with race. He died on October 2, 2005, aged 60.

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