![]() ![]() ![]() When the play opens, we meet Troy arriving home on a Friday night, with his friend Bono, enjoying the ritual of drinking and “man” talk about their work as garbagemen and good-looking women. ![]() In fact, the “fence” is a metaphor for black people bound within fences of slavery. It is his intent to share the evolving African-American experience, race relations and many other related themes in his work. The stage is set in front of a brick family home, where actors perform on the steps and in the yard. There is a wide expanse of other brick home fronts reflective of a 1950’s neighborhood in Pittsburgh, where Wilson grew up. August Wilson’s FENCES, one of his 10 plays known as “Century Cycle” that covers African-American history in the 20 thcentury, is a riveting, Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning play (1987). ![]()
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