Fences (play)
Fences Series The Pittsburgh Cycle Subject A Negro baseball league player is now a garbageman; his bitterness affects his loved ones Genre Drama, Fiction Setting 1957, in a backyard of a house in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Secondly, is the play Fences A tragedy? An Analysis of the Tragedy in August Wilsons Play Fences It is easy to make the case that August Wilsons play Fences is a tragedy and that Troy Maxson is its tragic protagonist. Few comedies end with a funeral, and there is no denying that Troys character and life are the stuff of tragedy.
Also question is, what type of book is Fences?
drama
How did Troy die in fences?
Troy swings the baseball bat in the air, taunting Death. Eight years later, Raynell plays in her newly planted garden. Troy has died from a heart attack. Cory returns home from the Marines to attend Troys funeral.