The piano lesson
Title:
The piano lesson
Author:
Wilson, August, producer, author of screenplay.
Edition:
Gold Crown collector's edition.
Publication Information:
[Place of publication not identified] : Hallmark Home Entertainment, 2006, 1995.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (approximately 98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
August Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-winning tale of a family caught between their heritage and a dream for the future. The Charles family clashes over the fate of a magnificent, carved piano that carries their family's story from their days as slaves. Boy Willie wants to sell the piano to buy a farm--the same fields their family worked as slaves. But his sister, Berniece, refuses to part with it. For her, the piano is their very soul, a legacy of pride and struggle that symbolizes their survival as a family. To resolve the conflict they must first deal with the past.
General Note:
Originally produced for television broadcast in 1995.
Special features: a behind-the-scenes featurette and an interview with August Wilson; biographies.
Language:
English
Reading Level:
Rated PG.
Added Corporate Author:
UPC:
015012948813
