Notes on the August Wilson American Century Cycle

Musings on The Piano Lesson: Week #5

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Raymond Maxwell
Mar 30, 2021
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Wikipedia list of characters and synopsis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Piano_Lesson

YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0Lvs-e_eIXYBNIkZcDVM0y_xff-c1zCi

Session #1

Art work, Bearden, The Piano Lesson, aka Homage to Mary Lou Williams

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August Wilson called “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone” his favorite play, but he referred to The Piano …

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