A Soldier's Play
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First performance | November 20, 1981 |
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Playwright | Charles Fuller |
Genres | Drama |
Mystery; Drama | |
Adaptations | A Soldier's Story |
Characters | C. J. Memphis |
Sgt. Vernon Waters | |
C.J. Memphis | |
Capt. Richard Davenport | |
Published | 1981 |
Authors | Charles Fuller |
Set | Louisiana |
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ID | 1082722 |
About A Soldier's Play
A Soldier's Play is a play by American playwright Charles Fuller. Set on a US Army installation in the segregation-era South, the play is a loose adaptation of Herman Melville's novella Billy Budd, and follows the murder investigation of the Sergeant in an all-black unit.