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The Piano Lesson

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First performanceNovember 26, 1987
Playwright August Wilson
Setting Pittsburgh
GenresDrama
Characters Boy Willie
Doaker
Wining Boy
Lymon
Maretha
Berniece
Avery
Grace
Date of Reg.
Date of Upd.
ID1126989
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About The Piano Lesson


The Piano Lesson is a 1987 play by American playwright August Wilson. It is the fourth play in Wilson's The Pittsburgh Cycle. Wilson began writing this play by playing with the various answers regarding the possibility of "acquir[ing] a sense of self-worth by denying one's past".

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