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  1. Expert Answers. Yes, August Wilson 's play Fences absolutely still has relevance in the 21st century. The setting of the play, in 1957, allows Wilson to explore how racial discrimination and...

  2. SETTING: The setting is the yard which fronts the only entrance to the Maxson household, an ancient two-story brick house set back off a small alley in a big-city neighborhood. The entrance to...

  3. 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 race relations, among other themes.

    • August Wilson
    • 1985
  4. Feb 18, 2023 · Set between 1957 and 1965, Fences belongs to the era of the civil rights movement, a widespread campaign for social justice and equal rights for black Americans. What the play’s about.

  5. Sep 10, 2024 · Fences, play in two acts by August Wilson, performed in 1985 and published in 1986. It won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1987. It was part of Wilson’s Century Cycle, with plays depicting African American life in each decade of the 20th century. Fences is set in 1957.

  6. Fences is Wilson’s most revered play, exploring themes of social movement, racial relations, and masculine stoicism of the 1950s. Fences would be little without its true tragic hero whose authoritative control of his household does little to win sides with the audience.

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  8. Set mostly in 1957, a landmark year for the Civil Rights Movement and a time when much of the Black community felt caught between a violent and oppressive past and the possibility of a brighter future, Fences follows the story of Troy Maxson, an African American father and husband who feels a desperate need to provide for his family. Troy is a ...

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