Articles tagged with: Eric Walker
‘A Soldier’s Play’ at Raven: Sifting through racial prejudice and rage to find a murderer
![‘A Soldier’s Play’ at Raven: Sifting through racial prejudice and rage to find a murderer From left, Tamarus Harvell, Eric Walker, Rashawn Thompson, Antoine Pierre Whitfield and Kory Pullam in A Soldier's Play at Raven credit Dean LaPrairie](https://chicagoontheaisle.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/From-left-Tamarus-Harvell-Eric-Walker-Rashawn-Thompson-Antoine-Pierre-Whitfield-and-Kory-Pullam-in-A-Soldiers-Play-at-Raven-credit-Dean-LaPrairie-125x125.jpg)
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. ★★★