Synopsis
A black sergeant cries out in the night, "They still hate you," then is shot twice and falls dead. Set in 1944 at Fort Neal, a segregated army camp in Louisiana, Charles Fuller's forceful drama--which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1982 and has been regularly seen in both its original stage and its later screen version--tracks the investigation of this murder. A Soldier's Play is more than a detective story: it is a tough, incisive exploration of racial tensions and ambiguities among blacks and between blacks and whites that gives no easy answers and assigns no simple blame.
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About the Author
Charles Fuller, the author of many award-winning dramas for stage and screen, teaches Afro-American studies at Temple University. He won the Pulitzer Prize for A Soldier's Play, as well as an Academy Award nomination for his screen adaptation, A Soldier's Story, starring Denzel Washington.
Review
"A powerful drama...skillfully wrought...one of the most evenhanded, penetrating studies that we have yet seen."--Edwin Wilson, The Wall Street Journal
"A relentless investigation into the complex, sometimes cryptic pathology of hate...A mature and accomplished work--from its inspired opening up of conventional theatrical form to its skillful portraiture of a dozen characters to its remarkable breadth of social and historical vision...Mr. Fuller's play tirelessly insists on embracing volatile contradictions because that is the way to arrive at the shattering truth."--Frank Rich, The New York Times
"A complex and rewarding play [by] a playwright of great sensibility."--Clive Barnes, New York Post
"A work of great resonance and integrity..."--Jack Kroll, Newsweek
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A Soldier's Play
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. "A Soldier's Play" opened on November 10, 1981 at Theatre Four in New York City. It was presented by the Negro Ensemble Company. 100pp. Pictorial Soft Cover with title on spine and front cover. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1982. Soft Cover. Seller Inventory # 006635
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Paperback. 100p., notes on the original production and cast, very good first trade paperback edition stated in pictorial wraps. Mermaid Dramabook 1244. Pulitzer Prize play for 1982 about an all-African American platoon and a murder which starred Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington, Samuel L. Jackson. Filmed in 1984 as "A Soldier's Story" starring Howard Rollins, Jr. & Denzel. Seller Inventory # 323109
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Second printing. Trade paperback. Faint dampstain on bottom corners, wrappers starting to curl, good only. Pulitzer Prize winning play which featured Adolph Caesar, Denzel Washington, and Samuel L. Jackson in the original stage production. All but Jackson returned two years later for the 1984 film adaptation (retitled *A Soldier's Story*), scripted by Fuller and directed by Norman Jewison. Seller Inventory # 408827