num_pages: 98
description: Drama / 5m, 2f / 1 Set Winner of the New York Drama Critic's and Tony Awards as well as the Pulitzer Prize, this sensational drama starred James Earl Jones as Troy Maxson, a former star of the Negro baseball leagues who now works as a garbage man in 1957 Pittsburgh. Excluded as a Negro from the major leagues during his prime, Troy's bitterness takes it's toll on his relationships with both his wife and son who now wants his own chance to play. "One of the great characters in American drama."
language: English
title: Fences
titlecomplete: Fences
genres: Fiction, Plays, African American, Theatre, Classics, Race, Drama, Read For School, Historical Fiction, School
ratings_count: 25206
series: The Century Cycle
awards: awardedAt: 536486400000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: Drama, awardedAt: 536486400000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best Play
publisher: Samuel French, Inc.