Tuesday, September 10, 2013

From the Archives -- Fences & Death of a Salesman



The picture above is from the recent Broadway revival of Fences.


James Earl Jones played Troy in the original Broadway version.






There is no movie version of Fences, but here are various videos from YouTube:

Denzel Washington recently played Troy in a Broadway revival of Fences:


Ah, here is a collection of scenes from that version!


Washington, his co-star Viola Davis, and director Kenny Leon discuss the production here:


Kenny Leon directed another version at Boston's Huntington Theater:


In 2007, Portland (OR) Center Stage presented this version:


This version is a film rather than a play filmed:


Closer to home, the Black Ensemble Theater of VA performed Fences:


California's South Coast Repertory Theater's video is also worth looking at:

I'm not sure where Kenshaka Ali directed his version:


As a comparison, let's look at the Oberlin production of Death of a Salesman.


The pictures from the production are here:


Interestingly, South Coast Rep is also doing a version of Death of a Salesman with an African-American Willy Loman:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FQNE_UwTZc

Below is the video from the BBC production that we watched.  It is more traditional.


The actor who played Willy in the BBC version also played the character on which Norman Lear based his Archie Bunker.


I will also link to my blog entries on two of August Wilson's other plays from his Century Cycle.



Enjoy!

Dr. Szlyk
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