Fences Summary
August Wilson

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Fences Summary

The first staged reading of August Wilson's play Fences occurred in 1983 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre Center's National Playwright's Conference. Wilson's drama opened at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985 and on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre in1987. Fences was well-received, winning four Antoinette ("Tony") Perry Awards, including best play. The work also won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the John Gassner Outer Critics' Circle Award. Wilson...

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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

Fences

3,981 words, approx. 14 pages

Fences by August Wilson August Wilson was born in Pittsburgh's Hill district in 1945 to a black mother and a white father. The boy grew up in poverty in Pittsburgh, receiving a positive racial iden... Read more

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August Wilson

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Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright August Wilson (Frederick August Kittell; born 1945) embarked upon a mission to write a cycle of ten plays addressing central issues that have impact... Read more

August Wilson

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August Wilson is one of the leading American playwrights of the late twentieth century. He has been phenomenally successful, having won two Pulitzers, five New York Drama Critics Circle awards, and se... Read more

Essays & Analysis (3)

Fences

681 words, approx. 3 pages

In the play, Fences, Troy seems to have a complicated relationship with every other character in the play. This applies especially to his relationship with his son, Cory. Troy and Cory have many ... Read more

Fences: Troy's Uncontrollable Problems

778 words, approx. 3 pages

(TS) Throughout the play, Troy faces problems that are not only self-created but also some problems that he simply cannot control. (CD1) "There ought not never have been no time too early." Pg. 9, Act... Read more

Theme Analysis of "Fences"

530 words, approx. 2 pages

Theme Analysis of Fences The main theme of August Wilson's play Fences is restraint, conveyed through Rose's request for a fence surrounding her house, and the eventual barrier that the fence becom... Read more

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