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'''''The Piano Lesson''''' is a play by [[August Wilson]]. It was the 1990 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner for drama. The play concerns a brother and a sister arguing about whether they should sell their family piano. It represents the [[1930s]] in [[August Wilson#The Pittsburgh Cycle|''The Pittsburgh Cycle'']]. |
'''''The Piano Lesson''''' is a play by [[August Wilson]]. It was the 1990 [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner for drama. The play concerns a brother and a sister arguing about whether they should sell their family piano. It represents the [[1930s]] in [[August Wilson#The Pittsburgh Cycle|''The Pittsburgh Cycle'']]. |
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Boy Willie, a [[sharecropper]] from the [[Southern United States|South]], wants to sell his family's ancestral piano to buy land. His [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] sister Berniece insists on keeping it. The piano has the carved faces of their great-grandfather's wife and son who were sold in exchange for the piano during the days of enslavement. |
Boy Willie, a [[sharecropper]] from the [[Southern United States|South]], wants to sell his family's ancestral piano to buy land. His [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania|Pittsburgh]] sister Berniece insists on keeping it. The piano has the carved faces of their great-grandfather's wife and son who were sold in exchange for the piano during the days of enslavement. |
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Under August Wilson's supervision, the play was made into a [[made-for-TV movie]] in 1995. [[Charles S. Dutton]] plays Boy Willie and [[Alfre Woodard]] plays Berniece. |
Under August Wilson's supervision, the play was made into a [[made-for-TV movie]] in 1995. [[Charles S. Dutton]] plays Boy Willie and [[Alfre Woodard]] plays Berniece. |
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Revision as of 02:44, 8 August 2007
The Piano Lesson is a play by August Wilson. It was the 1990 Pulitzer Prize winner for drama. The play concerns a brother and a sister arguing about whether they should sell their family piano. It represents the 1930s in The Pittsburgh Cycle.
Boy Willie, a sharecropper from the South, wants to sell his family's ancestral piano to buy land. His Pittsburgh sister Berniece insists on keeping it. The piano has the carved faces of their great-grandfather's wife and son who were sold in exchange for the piano during the days of enslavement. Under August Wilson's supervision, the play was made into a made-for-TV movie in 1995. Charles S. Dutton plays Boy Willie and Alfre Woodard plays Berniece.
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