Journal?(The?Piano?Lesson)

Please?Read?”The?Piano?Lesson”?by?August?Wilson.?And?write?a?short?journal?on?it.?Please?follow?the?prompts
below.?Thank?you.
1.?Put?yourself?in?the?position?of?a?collaborator?working?on?The?Piano?Lesson.?Whom?would?you?cast?as?Boy
Willie?or?Berniece??Consider?how?you?would?stage?this?play.?Describe?what?your?set?and/or?costumes?would
look?like.?Where?and?how?would?you?position?the?piano?on?stage?and?what?would?it?look?like??How?would?you
handle?the?ghost??How?would?you?stage?the?final?scene??[Note?that?there?is?a?filmed?version?of?the?original
Broadway?production?that?you?can?track?down?on?You?tube.?If?you?watch?that?film,?review?it?in?your?journal.
How?does?filming?a?play?change?it?]
2.?Both?Boy?Willie?and?his?sister?Berniece?play?a?part?in?the?history?of?the?Great?Migrations,?but?each?has?made?a
very?different?choice.?Explore?the?motivations?behind?their?choices.?Their?family?is?haunted?by?past?acts?of
violence?and?betrayal.?How?does?Wilson?dramatize?and?symbolize?that?painful?inheritance??How?do?individual
members?of?the?family?attempt?to?deal?with?the?burden?of?their?past??What?is?the?role?of?music?in?the?play?
*Please?write?everything?in?very?easy?understanding?English,?use?simple?grammar?and?vocabulary.?T