![]() ![]() On top of all that, Berniece and Boy Willie's father even died over it, when he was set on fire in a boxcar after taking the piano from Sutter's house. The family history was carved into the piano by Berniece and Boy Willie's great grandfather, while he was still in slavery, and their great grandmother and grandfather were traded for it. As the act progresses, Doaker tells the story of the piano and we learn why Berniece is so attached to it. The play becomes something of a ghost story when the ghost of Sutter appears to Berniece, calling Boy Willie's name. Berniece, Boy Willie's sister, is dead-set against selling the piano, however, because it is valuable family heirloom. ![]() Sutter has recently died and Boy Willie is determined to make the land his. He's going to sell the watermelons and the family's historic piano, so that he can buy Sutter's land – this is the land on which his family was once enslaved. The two bust into the house of Boy Willie's uncle, Doaker, at five in the morning. ![]() It all begins when Boy Willie and Lymon arrive in Pittsburgh from Mississippi with a truckload of watermelons. ![]()
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