When Fences first opened on Broadway in March of 1987, Wilson had
already spent four years in pre-production revisions to his play.
James Earl Jones, who won a Tony Award for his performance in the
Broadway production, had first played Troy Maxson in the Yale
Repertory Theatre production two years earlier. His ease and
interpretation of an already familiar character were evident to
reviewers who hailed Jones's performance. Allan Wallach, in his
Newsday review, said that Jones gave this role "its full measure of
earthiness and complexity." Jones, said Wallach, was at his best when
Troy is drinking and laughing with his friends; his "performance is at
its heartiest in the bouts of drinking and bantering." Wallach also
singled out Wilson's ability to capture the "rhythms of his
characters" who gather in the yard of the....
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