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Fences " review by Michael Billington

Duchess, LondonLenny Henry has won his spurs as a Shakespearean actor in Othello and The Comedy of Errors. Now he takes on the titanic role of Troy Maxson in August Wilson's Fences which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1987 and which is part of a ten-play cycle about the African-American experience. Given that James Earl Jones created the part, there are some big boots to fill and I can only report that Henry confirms he is …

SOURCE: The Guardian at 09:03PM on February 10, 2017

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