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Fences is a 1985 play by 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. The play won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play. Fences was first developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 1983 National Playwrights Conference and premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985.

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  • Fences is a 1985 play by 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. The play won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play. Fences was first developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 1983 National Playwrights Conference and premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985. (en)
  • Fences est une pièce de théâtre d'August Wilson créée en 1985 à l' de Waterford (Connecticut). La pièce est l'une des dix pièces du Pittsburgh Cycle. (fr)
  • Fences è un'opera teatrale di August Wilson, considerata uno dei capolavori del drammaturgo e della letteratura teatrale afroamericana. È il sesto dramma del "ciclo di Pittsburgh" e debuttò nel 1983, prima di andare in scena a Broadway nel 1988 e vincere il Premio Pulitzer per la drammaturgia e il Tony Award alla migliore opera teatrale. (it)
  • Fences é uma peça de teatro estadunidense de 1983 escrita pelo dramaturgo August Wilson. Situado na década de 1950, é a sexta de dez produções da Broadway, criadas por Wilson, as quais recebem o nome de Pittsburgh Cycle. Esta explora a evolução da etnia afro-americana, examinando as relações étnicas ao longo da história dos Estados Unidos. Venceu o Tony Award de melhor peça de teatro e o Pulitzer de Teatro, ambos em 1987. (pt)
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  • Cory Maxson
  • Gabriel Maxson
  • Jim Bono
  • Lyons Maxson
  • Raynell Maxson
  • Rose Maxson
  • Troy Maxson
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  • 1985-01-01 (xsd:gYear)
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  • 1957, in a backyard of a house inPittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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  • A Negro baseball league player is now a garbageman; his bitterness affects his loved ones
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  • Cory Maxson (en)
  • Gabriel Maxson (en)
  • Jim Bono (en)
  • Lyons Maxson (en)
  • Raynell Maxson (en)
  • Rose Maxson (en)
  • Troy Maxson (en)
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  • Drama, Fiction (en)
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  • Fences (en)
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  • English (en)
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  • 1985 (xsd:integer)
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  • The Pittsburgh Cycle (en)
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  • 1957 (xsd:integer)
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  • A Negro baseball league player is now a garbageman; his bitterness affects his loved ones (en)
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  • Awards for Fences (en)
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  • Fences is a 1985 play by 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. The play won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play. Fences was first developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 1983 National Playwrights Conference and premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985. (en)
  • Fences est une pièce de théâtre d'August Wilson créée en 1985 à l' de Waterford (Connecticut). La pièce est l'une des dix pièces du Pittsburgh Cycle. (fr)
  • Fences è un'opera teatrale di August Wilson, considerata uno dei capolavori del drammaturgo e della letteratura teatrale afroamericana. È il sesto dramma del "ciclo di Pittsburgh" e debuttò nel 1983, prima di andare in scena a Broadway nel 1988 e vincere il Premio Pulitzer per la drammaturgia e il Tony Award alla migliore opera teatrale. (it)
  • Fences é uma peça de teatro estadunidense de 1983 escrita pelo dramaturgo August Wilson. Situado na década de 1950, é a sexta de dez produções da Broadway, criadas por Wilson, as quais recebem o nome de Pittsburgh Cycle. Esta explora a evolução da etnia afro-americana, examinando as relações étnicas ao longo da história dos Estados Unidos. Venceu o Tony Award de melhor peça de teatro e o Pulitzer de Teatro, ambos em 1987. (pt)
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  • Fences (fr)
  • Fences (play) (en)
  • Fences (it)
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