Fences
Play by August Wilson
Fences is a 1985 play by the American playwright August Wilson. Set in the 1950s, it 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... Wikipedia
Originally published: 1985
Playwright: August Wilson
Characters: Troy Maxson, Raynell Maxson, Mr. Rand, and more
Genre: Drama, Fiction
Series: The Pittsburgh Cycle
Setting: 1957, in a backyard of a house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Subject: A Negro baseball league player is now a garbageman; his bitterness affects his loved ones