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The Piano Lesson (Plume Drama)
The Piano Lesson - Plume Drama
Author: August Wilson
Two of August Wilson's plays are brought together here in this one volume, comprising "The Piano Lesson" and "Joe Turner's Come and Gone". "The Piano Lesson" was the winner of the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
ISBN-13: 9781439513712
ISBN-10: 1439513716
Publication Date: 7/10/2008
Pages: 108
Edition: Reprint
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Here we are in Pittsburgh again; this time either the late 1930s or late 1940s. The scene is Doakers house. Doaker is a railroad man. (Sound familiar?) The center of action is an upright piano that is generations old. His niece wont part with it; her brother intends to sell it so that he can take the train back home and buy a farm. (Sound familiar?) If you recognize all this, you must have read Two Trains Running. Let the battle begin. Enter Doakers inebriate, piano playing brother; also a ghost that the entire family sees at one time or another. He wont let them move the piano either. Its the old sot who finally settles the matter.
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Excellent play taking place around the Great Migration in Pittsburg, PA. Amazing mtaphors and good read for all!
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Pulitzer Prize-winner and New York Drama Critics' Circle Award best play 1990. Very good book about a piano in a family's history.