

Something About a Soldier
Ernest Kinoy
THE STORY: The central action of the play takes place in an army barracks in a remote Alaskan outpost during the Korean conflict.
Restive from boredom and the numbing cold, the men, egged on by a sadistic corporal, turn on Johnson, a misfit whose
"This absorbing, theatrically innovative play introduced this significant writer to our theater. Centering on the turbulent barracks life in a remote Alaskan outpost during the Korean conflict, it also counterpoints this action with a second theme involving the unwed mother of the young soldier on whom the main action turns. “As acting and as drama it is one of the few unequivocally good nights I have had in the theatre this season…This is a play of style, compassion and thought."
— New York Post
"An important new voice in the theatre…"
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