A Soldier's Play
Theater Four
Previews Began: -
Opening Night: November 20, 1981
Closing Night: January 2, 1983
Playwright: Charles Fuller
In 1944, on a Louisiana Army base, two shots ring out. A Black sergeant is murdered. And a series of interrogations triggers a gripping barrage of questions about sacrifice, service, and identity in America.
CAST
OPENING NIGHT
Charles Brown Captain Richard Davenport
Adolph Caesar Sergeant Vernon C. Waters
Peter Friedman Captain Charles Taylor
Samuel L. Jackson Private Louis Henson
Brent Jennings Private Tony Smalls
Steven A. Jones Private James Wilkie
Eugene Lee Corporal Bernard Cobb
James Pickens Jr. Corporal Ellis
Larry Riley Private C.J. Memphis
Cotter Smith Lieutenant Byrd
Denzel Washington Private First Class
Melvin Peterson
Stephen Zettler Captain Wilcox
Understudies: James Pickens Jr. (Captain Richard Davenport/Private First Class Melvin Peterson), Cotter Smith (Captain Charles Taylor)
REPLACEMENTS
David Alan Grier Private C.J. Memphis
