A Soldier’s Play (Magill’s Choice: American Ethnic Writers)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Fuller
- First Published: 1981
- Genres: Social realism, Drama, Mystery and detective drama, War drama
- Subjects: African Americans, Racism, Suicide, Murder or homicide, South or Southerners, 1940’s, Detectives, Liberalism, Military life or service, Soldiers, Baseball, Work or workers
- Locales: Fort Neal, LA
The Work
A Soldier’s Play, which won the Pulitzer Prize in drama in 1982, is a murder mystery in which Charles Fuller examines many social issues and poses provocative questions. The play won the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, with a citation for best American play. The screenplay adaptation, A Soldier’s Story (1984), which Fuller wrote, garnered an Academy Award nomination for adapted screenplay.
A play in two acts, A Soldier’s Play examines and evaluates the causes of oppression of African Americans and the obstacles to their...
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