Name
of the play: A
Soldier’s Play
Author:
Charles FullerSetting: Fort Neal, Louisiana in 1944
This play won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize
The picture: Starting from the right: Private James Walkie, Private Tony Smalls, Pec Melvin, Private Louis Henson, and Corporal Bernard Cobb. Center: Captain Richard Davenport and Captain Charles Taylor. This picture represents people dressed as people would normally be dressed in 1944, they’re wearing old fashion baseball uniforms.
Black soldiers & Rank
Corporal Bernard Cobb
Private James Wilkie
Private Louis Henson
Private James Walkie
Private First Class Melvin Peterson
Private Tony Smalls
Corporal Ellis
Company's
Name
221st, Chemical Smoke Generating Company
White
Soldiers & Rank
Captain Charles Taylor
Wilkie Peterson
Waters is an African American sergeant whom was
shot, it is because of his brutal death that there are interrogations and
controversy. Davenport is an African American who refers to himself as Captain
Davenport. He served in the United States Army, attached to the 343rd
military police corps, but most importantly he is a lawyer. He is important to
the action of the play because he is trying to investigate the brutal death of
sergeant Waters. The catalyst of the play is Davenport because he is the one
interrogating everyone, his interrogations will late cause tension between
everyone.
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