AUGUST WILSON AND THE PLAYWRIGHT’S (RACIAL) RETICENCE
AUGUST WILSON AND THE PLAYWRIGHT’S (RACIAL) RETICENCE

Summary/Abstract: This contribution aims to expose the similarities and dissimilarity in characters and themes in August Wilson’s plays, with stress on Fences, one of his most successful plays. The study is an attempt to highlight the reflections of racism and the conditions of the whites and the way they have created their tradition, culture, and civilization to subjugate the African Americans through the creation of slavery, racism, and sexual exploitation of the black women. We explain different productions of the play and the director’s comments which bring about a possible explanation of August Wilson’s reticence of having a white film director for his play Fences.

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