The Piano Lesson Characters

August Wilson tells us all about his protagonist in his stage directions:Boy Willie is thirty years old. He has an infectious grin and a boyishness that is apt for his name. He is brash and impulsi...

Berniece is one tough cookie. Much like her brother, Boy Willie, she's not afraid to call it like she sees it. She is the strongest voice of femininity in the play, and in many ways represents her...

Here's what August Wilson has to say about Doaker:He is a tall thin man or forty-seven, with severe features, who has for all intents and purposes retired from the world though he works full-time a...

August Wilson has a lot to say about Wining Boy:Wining Boy is fifty-six years old. Doaker's older brother, he tries to present the image of a successful musician and gambler, but his music, his clo...