A Soldier's Play

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drama stage play

A Soldier's Play is a Pulitzer Prize–winning stage drama by Charles Fuller that explores racism, identity, and justice within a segregated African American Army unit during World War II.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
A Soldier’s Play	5
A Soldier's Play canonical	2
A Soldier's Play (1981 stage play)	1
A Soldier's Play (2020 Broadway production)	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drama ⓘ stage play ⓘ
adaptationForm	feature film ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear	1984 ⓘ
adaptedBy	Charles Fuller ⓘ
author	Charles Fuller ⓘ
awardReceived	New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play ⓘ surface form: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best American Play Outer Critics Circle Award ⓘ Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
broadwayDebutYear	2020 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
firstPerformanceDate	1981 ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace	New York City ⓘ
genre	crime drama ⓘ drama ⓘ mystery ⓘ
hasAdaptation	A Soldier's Story ⓘ
hasBroadwayRevival	A Soldier's Play self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: A Soldier's Play (2020 Broadway production)
isPartOf	African-American theatre ⓘ
mainSubject	justice ⓘ racial identity ⓘ racism ⓘ segregation in the United States Army ⓘ
notableCharacter	Captain Charles Taylor ⓘ Captain Richard Davenport ⓘ Private C.J. Memphis ⓘ Sergeant Vernon C. Waters ⓘ
notableFor	Pulitzer Prize–winning depiction of race and justice in the U.S. military ⓘ portrayal of racism within a segregated African American Army unit ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
originalNetworkOrCompany	Negro Ensemble Company ⓘ
producedBy	Negro Ensemble Company ⓘ
publisher	Hill and Wang ⓘ
settingPlace	Louisiana ⓘ segregated African American Army base ⓘ
settingTime	1944 ⓘ World War II ⓘ
structure	murder mystery investigation ⓘ
theatricalPremiereType	Off-Broadway ⓘ
theme	African American experience in the U.S. military ⓘ internalized racism ⓘ military hierarchy ⓘ search for truth ⓘ systemic injustice ⓘ
wonTonyAward	Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play ⓘ

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A Soldier's Story → basedOn → A Soldier's Play ⓘ

A Soldier's Play → hasBroadwayRevival → A Soldier's Play self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Soldier's Play (2020 Broadway production)

Charles Fuller → notableWork → A Soldier's Play ⓘ