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Title: A Soldier's Play by Charles Fuller ISBN: 0-374-52148-4 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: June, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: A powerful WW2 drama
Comment: "A Soldier's Play," by Charles Fuller, was presented by the Negro Ensemble Company in New York City in 1981, and went on to win a Pulitzer Prize. A film version, retitled "A Soldier's Story," was directed by Norman Jewison. This play takes place in 1944 (during World War II) at Fort Neal, Louisiana. Fuller takes us into an all-Black unit, commanded by a white officer, in the segregated army.
The play begins with the murder of one of its principal characters: Tech/Sergeant Vernon Waters, by an unknown killer. Waters' story is recreated in flashbacks; the play is essentially the story behind the investigation into the crime. The situation on the base, which is already hot with racial tension, intensifies when an African-American officer is assigned to the case.
Fuller has taken an explosive combination of elements and from them fashioned a truly gripping piece of dramatic art. Suspense, vivid dialogue, memorable characters, and penetrating insights all combine to make this a truly remarkable play. This is also one of those excellent plays which also succeeds as a text for readers.
This is a compelling look at the tensions and controversies surrounding the segregated army. Fuller is particularly effective at demonstrating the corrosive effects of racism on both Blacks and whites. Waters is one of the most powerfully tragic figures in all of American drama. I highly recommend "A Soldier's Play"; it is one of the great literary works about military life.
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Title: Master Harold...and the Boys by Athol Fugard ISBN: 0140481877 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: November, 1984 List Price(USD): $10.00 |
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Title: Great Essays: An Introduction to Writing Essays by Keith S. Folse, April Muchmore-Vokoun, Elena Vestri Solomon ISBN: 0395904250 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $33.16 |
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Title: Encountering Jesus in the New Testament by Michael Pennock ISBN: 0877939446 Publisher: Ave Maria Press Pub. Date: March, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: The Teachers and Writers Handbook of Poetic Forms by Ron Padgett ISBN: 0915924609 Publisher: Teachers & Writers Pub. Date: 01 June, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Poetry: A Pocket Anthology (3rd Edition) by R.S. Gwynn ISBN: 0321087208 Publisher: Longman Pub. Date: 25 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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