
“Fences”
The 1983 play “Fences” by African-American playwright August Wilson won a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award. Wilson earned a second Pulitzer Prize for “The Piano Lesson.” “Fences” is set in the 1950s and is the sixth in Wilson’s ten-part “Pittsburgh Cycle.” Like all of the “Pittsburgh” plays, “Fences” explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race, class, social structure/relationships among other themes. […]
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