A Soldier's Play (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Fuller
- First Published: 1981
- Type of Work: Play
- 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
A Soldier's Play is set on an Army base at Fort Neal, Louisiana, in 1944, near the end of World War II. A black soldier, Master Sergeant Vernon C. Waters, has been murdered at night on a country road near the base. The black soldiers and their white officers believe that the killing was racially motivated and probably the work of the Ku Klux Klan. In order to avoid tension between the black soldiers on the base and the local civilians, Colonel Nivens, the base commander, has not ordered a full investigation; the murder is not given the same kind of attention it would have been...
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