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<p>Jefferson, an innocent young man, is condemned to death in backwoods Louisiana in 1948. At the trial his lawyer, trying to save his life, called him no more a human being than a hog. In prison, he acts like one, insisting that he will be dragged like that hog to his death in the electric chair. His godmother asks a schoolteacher to teach him to die like a man. The teacher, Grant Wiggins, struggling to quit his poor parish school and leave the South, faces both Jefferson and himself as execution day arrives. Ernest J. Gaines' celebrated novel makes an engrossing, moving and finally devastating play for the stage.</p><h3>Montgomery Advertiser</h3><p>LESSON is easily the most powerful play to come from Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Southern Writers' Project...It is a palpable treasure for its audience.</p>

Author

Romulus Linney, Ernest J Gaines

Publisher

Dramatists Play Service, Incorporated

Published

2001

Language

EN

ISBN

9780822217855

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

3.76 / 5 (41 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14