TROY: Alright… Mr. Death. See now… I’m gonna tell you what I’m gonna do. I’m gonna take and build me a fence around this yard. See? I’m gonna build me a fence around what belongs to me. And then I want you to stay on the other side. See? You stay over there until you’re ready for me. Then you come on. Bring your army. Bring your sickle. Bring your wrestling clothes. I ain’t gonna fall down on my vigilance this time. You ain’t gonna sneak up on me no more. When you ready for me… when the top of your list say Troy Maxson… that’s when you come around here. You come up and knock on the front door. Ain’t nobody else got nothing to do with this. This is between you and me. Man to man. You stay on the other side of that fence until you ready for me. Then you come up and knock on the front door. Anytime you want. I’ll be ready for you.
‘Fences’ (Troy): “You stay on the other side of that fence until you ready for me”
FENCES by August Wilson
From: Play
Type: Dramatic
Character: Troy Maxson was a former baseball player in the Negro Leagues who now works for the sanitation department.
Gender: Male
Age Range: 40's | 50's
Summary: Troy has a one-way conversation with death.
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