Fences

Year of Publication
1986
Publication Type
Playscript
Number of Pages or Episodes
101 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: August Wilson
Publisher
New American Library
City
New York
Genre
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Abstract
Troy Maxson, a proud and embittered garbageman and ex-Negro Baseball League player, is constantly at odds with family and friends.
Notes
Fences won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play in 1987.
Author Biography
August Wilson (1945-2005), born Frederick August Kittel Jr. in Pittsburgh's Hill District neighborhood, won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. He died in Seattle and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery in O’Hara Twp., Allegheny County.
Time
1957-65
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