David Rabe
Rabe's Vietnam trilogy brought the war home to American stages with an anger and psychological rawness that no contemporary could match. Streamers, Sticks and Bones, and The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel form the essential theatrical response to the Vietnam era.
Works
- The Basic Training of Pavlo HummelVietnam War drama about a recruit's dehumanization through military training
- Sticks and BonesVietnam War play about aftermath of conflict on American family
- StreamersVietnam War drama set in military barracks exploring violence and masculinity
- HurlyburlyDark comedy about Hollywood actors' relationships and moral corruption
- Those the River Keeps