The Piano Lesson | A Ghostly Past, in Ragtime
Henry reviews a 1989 Chicago performance of the The Piano Lesson, finding much to recommend in the play’s content and the production.
The piano in Doaker Charles’ living room is a family heirloom, and like most heirlooms it is prized more than used, its value measured less in money than in memories. For this piano, the Charles family was torn asunder in slavery times: to acquire it, the white man who owned them traded away Doaker’s grandmother and father, then a nine-yearold. On this piano, Doaker’s...
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