Shakeema White Essays (842 words) - Theatre, Broadway Theatre

Shakeema White English II Summer 2017 Comparative Essay II Fences Play Vs Fences Movie Many times Screenwriters will buy right to a play to make a movie out of it in hopes of portraying the actual play. In 1985 an American playwright by the name of August Wilson had written a play called Fences. The play Fences explores the lives of African Americans and their race relations. The play first Broadway production was on March 26, 1987 directed by Lloyd Richards with cast that featured James Earl Jones as Troy, Mary Alice as Rose. In 1987 this play has won the Tony Award for best play and Pulitzer Prize for Drama . It was first developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's conference in 1983 and premiered at the Yale Repertory Theater in 1985. Wilson died in 2005 but he completed the play before his death. In 2016 Fences the award winning play became an American dram a film produced by Denzel Washington , which was the star of the drama film. The film was also produced by Todd Black and Scott Rudin. Production for drama film Fences began on April 25, 2016. It was then released on December 16, 2016. The movie grossed approximately $64 million and was choose as one of the top ten by the American Film Institute. It was also nominated for many awards with one of the starring actress Viola Davis winning an Oscar at the 89 th Academy Awards for Best Adapted screenplay and best actress. She also won a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress for this film. The play and movie fences is about a black man named Troy that takes place over 6 to 7year period, who made a living in Pittsburg, PA as a sanitation worker in the 1950. He was a married to a woman named Rose and they had two sons together. One son is Corey who is a high school football player is from his and the other is a vagrant musician. He once had dreams in becoming a professional baseball player, which he thinks that he was robbed of because of his skin color, but the league told him that he was t old that he was too old to e nter the league at the time the league was accepting black a thletes. He was distraught over missing his opportunity of becoming a professional baseball player that it created animosity towards his family. This made him rebellious towards his son's dream in becoming a football player. He subdued his son's chances of meeting with a football recruiter. Differences: It is very hard to find much difference from the play and the movie fences because the producers of the drama film tried precisely make portray the film as the play was written. In the play there was a more faithful stage adaptation , where there is a consistency of the play taking place in one particular place being the front o f the house. Wilson only brought in a little of the outside world onstage. He only wanted to show only the importance of the dramatically events. In the movie scenes are filmed in various places. However, most of the movie takes place in the family's back yard that belongs to Maxson' s . The film is much less imaginative than Wilson's creation. However, Rose's part in the play did not expound into her history. She was the one that had to be the one to adapt and be the forgiving one, leaving the audience wanting to see more of her character. Even though August Wilson gave the less of a dialogue to the character Rose, the movie felt more of pain to adapt and to forgive. This led us to believe that she had more dialogue than what was actually written for her. There was a scene in the movie where Rose is having a conversation with her husband Troy where she says "I've been standing right here with you". This is where the audience got a feel her compassion. In the play this part was overseen and gave little feeling of what she was going through. It jumped right in to Troy and his