Fences Is One Of The Best Stage To Film Adaptations
Stage-to-film adaptations have been frequent occurrences throughout cinematic history. Among the most famous film adaptations of plays are the works of William Shakespeare and Tennessee Williams. Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, have all received countless adaptations over the years. Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, andThe Glass Menagerie have also been adapted for the screen. Even though these stage-to-film adaptations are incredibly well-known and rightfully admired, Fences deserves to be included in the same conversation.
August Wilson's Fences received two renditions on Broadway. Its first Broadway performance occurred in 1987. It starred James Earl Jones, Mary Alice, Ray Aranha, Courtney B. Vance, and several others. Fences would earn 4 Tony Awards in 1987, which included Best Play for Wilson and Best Performance by a Lead Actor for Jones. Its second trip to Broadway occurred in 2010 and starred Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Mykelti Williamson, and Russell Hornsby. These five actors would reprise their Broadway roles in the 2016 film adaptation of Fences.
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Wilson's Fences is set in Pittsburgh in the late 50s. The play pursues the Maxson family and the struggles they experience both personally and societally. At the center of these troubles is Troy (Washington), the patriarch of the Maxson family. He works alongside Jim Bono (Henderson) as a garbage man to make wages to bring home to his wife and son. Naturally, Troy isn't ecstatic about picking up trash and expresses his distaste for the way the world has turned out for him. As a promising baseball star, Troy continued to hone his craft
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