The Piano Lesson
A Pulitzer Prize-winner. Brother is pitted against sister over the fate of their heirloom piano.
A Pulitzer Prize-winner. Brother is pitted against sister over the fate of their heirloom piano.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781559363006 (1559363002)
Publish date: September 1st 2007
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Pages no: 120
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Read For School,
American,
Historical Fiction,
African American,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre
Series: The Century Cycle (#4)
At the heart of the play stands the ornately carved upright piano which, as the Charles family's prized, hard-won possession, has been gathering dust in the parlor of Berniece Charles's Pittsburgh home. When Boy Willie, Berniece's exuberant brother, bursts into her life with his dream of buying the ...
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