Captain Charles Taylor
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Captain Charles Taylor is a key white officer character in Charles Fuller's Pulitzer Prize–winning play "A Soldier's Play," representing the tensions and racial dynamics within a segregated World War II-era military unit.
Statements (32)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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theatrical character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | A Soldier’s Play NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInAdaptation | A Soldier’s Story (film adaptation of A Soldier’s Play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflictContext | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfWork |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| createdBy | Charles Fuller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dramaticArcInvolves |
conflict over investigative authority
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negotiating racial tensions within the unit ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
foil to Captain Richard Davenport
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mediator between white command and Black troops ⓘ |
| genreOfWork |
crime drama
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military drama ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver |
Captain Richard Davenport
NERFINISHED
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Sergeant Vernon C. Waters NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | stage play ⓘ |
| militaryRank | captain ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
embodies institutional racism and hierarchy
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represents racial tensions in the U.S. Army ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | key officer in segregated military unit ⓘ |
| occupation | United States Army officer ⓘ |
| race | white ⓘ |
| settingOfActions | segregated Louisiana Army base ⓘ |
| supervises |
Black enlisted soldiers
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Black non-commissioned officers ⓘ |
| themeAssociation |
military justice and investigation
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power and authority ⓘ racism in the U.S. military ⓘ segregation and inequality ⓘ |
| timePeriod | early 1940s ⓘ |
| workAwardContext | A Soldier’s Play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.