This content is from Wikipedia. We do not consider this content professional or citable. Please use your discretion when relying on it. GradeSaver also offers a professionally written study guide by one of our staff editors.

Introduction

The Piano Lesson is a play by American playwright August Wilson, the fourth in his series, The Pittsburgh Cycle. The play premiered on 26 November 1987 at the Yale Repertory Theatre and debuted on Broadway in 1990. The original Broadway cast featured Charles S. Dutton, Carl Gordon, Rocky Carroll, and S. Epatha Merkerson. Wilson received the New York Drama Critics Circle Award and his second Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the work.