Charles Fuller (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
Although he has worked in many areas—as a playwright, television writer, screenwriter, theater director, short-story writer, essayist, poet, and lecturer—Charles Fuller is perhaps acclaimed most as a playwright. Fuller wrote and produced his first play, The Village: A Party, in 1968. His place in contemporary African American theater is marked by an impressive number of dramas, among them Zooman and the Sign, for which he received two Obie Awards for Best Play and Best Playwright in 1980, and A Soldier’s Play, written and produced in 1981, which received the...
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