Charles H. Fuller, Jr., called by Walter Kerr of the New York Times, "one of the contemporary theatre's most forceful and original voices," has come a long way from the first theatrical production he ever saw. It was in a Yiddish theater in Philadelphia, and he attributes his joy in the theater to that first experience--even though he did not understand a word of Yiddish! His substantial talent as a playwright was first recognized as early as 1968, with the Princeton McCarter Theater's production of The Village: A Party. Since that time, he has written an impressive number of stirring dramas, including Zooman and the Sign (produced in 1980), for which he received two Obie Awards in 1980, and A Soldier's Play (produced in 1981), for which he received rave notices from Manhattan theater critics, the New York Drama Critic's Award for Best American Play, the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and a...