| A Soldier's Play Contributor(s): Fuller, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0374521484 ISBN-13: 9780374521486 Publisher: Hill & Wang OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1982 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | American - African American |
| Dewey: 812 |
| LCCN: 82015395 |
| Series: Dramabook |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.2" W x 7.8" (0.25 lbs) 112 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1982 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 has been regularly seen in both its original stage and its later screen version starring Denzel Washington--tracks the investigation of this murder. But 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Fuller, Charles: - 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. |