Fences Assignment
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Professor Gilbert
Theatre Arts 300 Fences Reading Assignment The play Fences, by August Wilson is a well-known play. It has been performed at Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven on April 30, 1985 and also at 46th street on Broadway in March 26, 1987. Fences have been performed by many famous actors like James Earl Jones as Troy and Denzel Washington. The play has also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama award and a Tony award in 1987.
The playwright of Fences is August Wilson. August Wilson was born on April 27, 1945, in Pittsburgh and died on October 2, 2005. This play fit into his body work a lot. What he usually writes in his play is about drama. His plays that he writes about mostly takes place Pittsburgh. What Wilson mostly writes is about people’s daily lives and struggles having African American descent. The play Fences style is dramatic yet comedic. The genre of this play is comedy. Why I say it is a Tragedy is because of what the protagonist did. Because of what he did, there were a lot of consequences. Some unusual elements of this story that I found that was interesting were the story or plot and how the characters chain up together. Because of one person it changed the whole story of the play. Without one person it would really make a big change to the play.
The story of fences is about Troy of how what he did made a lot of consequences to his life and also his family. The setting of this story is in the 1950’s in Pittsburgh. Troy is living in the past and reluctantly tries to “move on”. Because of how he was raised and the time, it affected him on how he raised his kids and family. He and his best friend Bono always drink and socialize every Friday talking and catching up. Bono tries talking to Troy about how he’s doing and hinting to Troy about Alberta that if he is trying anything or having an affair with her or not but Troy would always digress and never respond to the answer. Troy has 2 sons, Cory Maxon and Lyon
Professor Gilbert
Theatre Arts 300 Fences Reading Assignment The play Fences, by August Wilson is a well-known play. It has been performed at Yale Repertory Theater in New Haven on April 30, 1985 and also at 46th street on Broadway in March 26, 1987. Fences have been performed by many famous actors like James Earl Jones as Troy and Denzel Washington. The play has also been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama award and a Tony award in 1987.
The playwright of Fences is August Wilson. August Wilson was born on April 27, 1945, in Pittsburgh and died on October 2, 2005. This play fit into his body work a lot. What he usually writes in his play is about drama. His plays that he writes about mostly takes place Pittsburgh. What Wilson mostly writes is about people’s daily lives and struggles having African American descent. The play Fences style is dramatic yet comedic. The genre of this play is comedy. Why I say it is a Tragedy is because of what the protagonist did. Because of what he did, there were a lot of consequences. Some unusual elements of this story that I found that was interesting were the story or plot and how the characters chain up together. Because of one person it changed the whole story of the play. Without one person it would really make a big change to the play.
The story of fences is about Troy of how what he did made a lot of consequences to his life and also his family. The setting of this story is in the 1950’s in Pittsburgh. Troy is living in the past and reluctantly tries to “move on”. Because of how he was raised and the time, it affected him on how he raised his kids and family. He and his best friend Bono always drink and socialize every Friday talking and catching up. Bono tries talking to Troy about how he’s doing and hinting to Troy about Alberta that if he is trying anything or having an affair with her or not but Troy would always digress and never respond to the answer. Troy has 2 sons, Cory Maxon and Lyon