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A powerful exploration of the legacy of slavery in America, The Piano Lesson centers on a brother and sister in 1930s Pittsburgh as they argue over whether to sell the family piano, an instrument tainted by the wages of slavery. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1990.
The play is part of August Wilson's Century Cycle, his epic dramatization of the African American experience in the twentieth century.
This edition includes a foreword by Toni Morrison.
Price: $28.00
Pages: 120
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Imprint: Theatre Communications Group
Series: August Wilson's Century Cycle
Publication Date:
01 September 2007
Trim Size: 8.70 X 5.60 in
ISBN: 9781559363006
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
DRAMA / American / African American & Black, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies, DRAMA / American / General
It was in reading The Piano Lesson that I was struck by the beauty and accuracy of August Wilson's language, as well as a richness waiting to be mined.
—Toni Morrison, from her foreword
August Wilson (1945–2005) is the most influential and successful African American playwright. A two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning author, his plays have been produced all over the world.