A Soldier's Play

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.