August Wilson

CTL-P-0993 · Person

VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)

Combined Graph record U-02867 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-P-0993. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.

Added as a Tony Award winner (Black theatre canon layer)

The record

• Role(s): playwright

Relationships

• Tony Awards 1987 — honored by
  VERIFIED FACT

Referenced by

• Fences — authored by → this record
• Gem of the Ocean — authored by → this record
• Joe Turner's Come and Gone — authored by → this record
• Ma Rainey's Black Bottom — authored by → this record
• The Piano Lesson — authored by → this record
• Two Trains Running — authored by → this record

Sources

• https://mobile.playbill.com/production/fences-46th-street-theatre-vault-0000003088 (verification source · master store)

Evidence note (master store)

Playwright; the stored note's 'Tony Award winner' is confirmed by Playbill Vault's static production record for Fences (Broadway, 46th Street Theatre, opened March 26, 1987): its Tony Award table lists 1987 — Play — August Wilson — Winner (the Best Play award)

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