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Charles Fuller

チャールズ・フラー

Chāruzu Furā

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1939-03-05 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
死没
2022-10-03 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) 83歳
国籍
American
言語
English
宗教
Roman Catholic
居住地歴
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania → New York City

経歴

職業
playwright, screenwriter, novelist, film producer
活動期間
1968年〜2022年
所属
Henry Street Settlement, Negro Ensemble Company, Afro-American Arts Theatre
所属団体
Writers Guild of America, East
ノミネート
Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay (A Soldier's Story), Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Screenplay, Writers Guild of America Award nomination

学歴

Villanova University
期間: 1956-1958
国: United States
attended 1956-1958
La Salle University
学位: DFA
期間: 1965-1967
卒業年: 1967
国: United States
earned DFA

受賞歴

Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1982
対象作品: A Soldier's Play
主催: Columbia University
結果: 受賞
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
2020
対象作品: A Soldier's Play
主催: Tony Awards
結果: 受賞
Obie Award
1980
対象作品: Zooman and the Sign
結果: 受賞
Edgar Award
1985
対象作品: A Soldier's Story
部門: 脚本部門
主催: Mystery Writers of America
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A Soldier's Play

1981年 Drama

A racially charged investigation into the murder of a black sergeant on a Louisiana army base in 1944.

racismposition of blacks in white societyjustice
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] A Soldier's Story / Norman Jewison (1984)

Zooman and the Sign

1980年 Drama

A black Philadelphia teen kills a girl, and neighbors rise against him.

racial tensionscommunity apathy

The Brownsville Raid

1976年 Drama

Based on the 1906 Brownsville affair involving black soldiers.

racial injustice in military

全著作

  • The Village: A Party (1968)
  • An Untitled Play (1970)
  • In My Many Names and Days (1972)
  • The Candidate (1974)
  • In the Deepest Part of Sleep (1974)
  • First Love (1974)
  • The Lay out Letter (1975)
  • The Brownsville Raid (1976)
  • Zooman and the Sign (1980)
  • A Soldier's Play (1981)
  • We (1988)
  • Eliot’s Coming (1988)
  • Snatch: The Adventures of David and Me (2010, novel)

翻案

  • A Soldier's Story (1984 film)

作風・主題

文体
realismdialogue-drivensocial commentary
頻出モチーフ
racismBlack identitypursuit of justice

評価・遺産

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for addressing racial issues, especially with A Soldier's Play.

大衆文化への影響

  • A Soldier's Play Broadway revival won Tony Award

引用

  • My argument is on the stage. I don't have to be angry.
    出典: 1982 interview (1982年)

豆知識

  • Vowed to become a writer after noticing no African-American authors in high school library
  • A Soldier's Play refused Broadway initially, won Tony 40 years later