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‘A Soldier’s Play’ at Raven: Sifting through racial prejudice and rage to find a murderer

Feb 22, 2013 – 12:03 am
From left, Tamarus Harvell, Eric Walker, Rashawn Thompson, Antoine Pierre Whitfield and Kory Pullam in A Soldier's Play at Raven credit  Dean LaPrairie

Review: In an obvious sense, Charles Fuller’s 1982 drama “A Soldier’s Play,” recently opened in a sharply detailed production at Raven Theatre, is about the virulent ugliness of racism as it persisted in the mid-20th century deep South. But more than that, Fuller’s story grapples with the despair and self-loathing that can infect the soul of an oppressed people. ★★★