Fences is a 1985 play by an American playwright who died in what year?
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Fences (play) Fences is a 1985 play by American playwright August Wilson. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson's ten-part "Pittsburgh Cycle". Like all of the "Pittsburgh" plays, "Fences" explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes. The play won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play. The play was first developed at the Eugene O'Neill Theater Center's 1983 National Playwrights Conference and premiered at the Yale Repertory Theatre in 1985.
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August Wilson August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, "The Pittsburgh Cycle", for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Each work in the series is set in a different decade, and depicts comic and tragic aspects of the African-American experience in the 20th century.
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Charles MacArthur Charles Gordon MacArthur (November 5, 1895 – April 21, 1956) was an American playwright and screenwriter.
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Stephen Adly Guirgis Stephen Adly Guirgis is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and actor. He is a member and a former co-artistic director of New York City's LAByrinth Theater Company. His plays have been produced both Off-Broadway and on Broadway as well as in the UK. His play "Between Riverside and Crazy" won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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Richard Huggett (playwright) Richard Huggett (born 25 April 1929, London, England, died 15 April 2000 in Surrey, England) was an English actor, author, and playwright.
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Theodore J. Flicker Theodore Jonas Flicker (June 6, 1930 – September 12, 2014) was an American playwright, theatrical producer, television and film director, actor, television writer, screenwriter, author and sculptor.
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John J. Wooten John J. Wooten ( ; born 1965) is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, producer, and professor.
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James Prideaux James Prideaux (August 29, 1927 – November 18, 2015) was an American playwright, known for "The Last of Mrs. Lincoln".
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Bide Dudley Walter Bronson Dudley, more commonly known as Bide Dudley (8 September 1877 - 4 January 1944) was an American drama critic and playwright.
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Robert Patrick (playwright) Robert Patrick (born September 27, 1937) is an American playwright, poet, lyricist, short-story writer and novelist. He was born Robert Patrick O'Connor in Kilgore, Texas, United States.
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Dolph Sweet Adolphus Jean "Dolph" Sweet (July 18, 1920 – May 8, 1985) was an American actor, credited with nearly 60 television and film roles as well as several roles in stage productions before his death from cancer in 1985.
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Leslie Jordan Leslie Allen Jordan (born April 29, 1955) is an American actor and playwright.
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Jerry Sterner Jerry Sterner (15 September 1938 – 11 June 2001) was an American businessman and playwright, best known for the play "Other People's Money".
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Sam Levene Sam Levene (August 28, 1905 – December 28, 1980) was an American Broadway and film actor. He made his Broadway debut in 1927 with five lines in a play titled "Wall Street", and over a span of nearly 50 years, appeared on Broadway in 37 Shows, of which 33 were the original Broadway Productions, many now considered legendary. Levene made his film debut in 1936, recreating the role of Patsy that he had played in the Broadway production of "Three Men on a Horse" in 1935. He also appeared in the USO Tour of this same Show; the Radio Version; the Musical version that opened on Broadway called "Let It Ride" (1961) as well as the 1969 Broadway Revival of the play directed by George Abbott, the original Broadway Director and co-author.
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Ella Cheever Thayer Ella Cheever Thayer (September 14, 1849 – October 28, 1925) was an American playwright and novelist. Born in Maine and working as a telegraph operator, she published several works in her lifetime.
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Ed Bullins Ed Bullins (born July 2, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an African-American playwright. He was also the Minister of Culture for the Black Panthers. In addition, he has won numerous awards, including the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and several Obie Awards. He is one of the best known playwrights to come from the Black Arts Movement.
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Martin Blank (playwright) Martin Blank is an American playwright, screenwriter, and theatrical producer.
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June Bingham Birge June Bingham Birge (June 20, 1919 – August 21, 2007) was an author, playwright, and member of the Lehman family.
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Sidney Kingsley Sidney Kingsley (22 October 1906 – 20 March 1995) was an American dramatist. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play "Men in White" in 1934.
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Samuel Merwin (writer) Samuel Merwin, Sr. (6 October 1874 – 17 October 1936) was an American playwright and author.
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Jim Neu James A. Neu (November 18, 1943 – July 19, 2010) was an American playwright who was best known for his quirky, experimental plays, many of which were staged Off-Off-Broadway.
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Joseph Chaikin Joseph Chaikin (September 16, 1935 – June 22, 2003) was an American theatre director, actor, playwright, and pedagogue.