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The Piano Lesson is a play by August Wilson that was first performed in 1987
. The play is set in Pittsburgh in 1936 and focuses on the Charles family and their conflict over whether or not to sell an heirloom piano. The Piano Lesson is the fourth play in Wilson’s ten-play Pittsburgh Cycle, which chronicles various aspects of the African American experience in each decade of the 20th century. The play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1990.Read the full play summary, an in-depth character analysis of Berniece, and explanations of important quotes in The Piano Lesson.
