Questions tagged [the-piano-lesson]
Questions about the play 'The Piano Lesson' (1987) by August Wilson, for which the author was awarded the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Use with the tag [august-wilson].
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Why did Boy Willie refer to toast as "grilled bread"?
In Act 1, Scene 1 of The Piano Lesson, Boy Willie asks Doaker for some "grilled bread" he was holding. The stage directions identify the "grilled bread" as toast. Why did he refer ...
