6/25/2023 0 Comments Fences 1987 full play![]() ![]() ![]() Reviewers also noted Wilson’s ability to create believable characters. In an interview with Heather Henderson in Theater, Jones stated that “Few writers can capture dialect as dialogue in a manner as interesting and accurate as August’s.” Jones-and many black audience members-recognized and identified with Wilson’s use of language to define his black characters. James Earl Jones played the role of Troy in the first staging of Fences on Broadway. Because the play had four years of pre-production development before it opened on Broadway, Wilson had a chance to tighten and revise the action, watching his characters mature into lifelike creations. ![]() Wilson was also selected as Artist of the Year by the Chicago Tribune.įences was a huge success with both critics and viewers, and it drew black audiences to the theatre in much larger numbers than usual. The work also won the New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the John Gassner Outer Critics’ Circle Award. ![]() Fences was well-received, winning four Antionette (“Tony”) Perry Awards, including best play. Wilson’s drama opened at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985 and on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre in 1987. 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. ![]()
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