The Piano Lesson
| Year of Publication |
1987
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| Publication Type |
Playscript
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
109 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Author | |
| Publisher |
Dutton
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
A Black family in Depression-era Pittsburgh debates its history and especially what to do with their heirloom piano.
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| Notes |
This play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1990.
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| Author Biography |
August Wilson (1945-2005), born Frederick August Kittel Jr. in Pittsburgh's Hill District neighborhood, won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. He died in Seattle and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in O’Hara Twp., Allegheny County.
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| Time |
1936
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