Rabe, David [William]
Rabe, David [William]( 1940– ),Iowa-born dramatist, after army service in Vietnam and teaching at Villanova University began his career as playwright with The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel (1971) and Sticks and Bones (1971), both published in 1973, both treating the effect of the Vietnam War on people, the latter presenting a blinded soldier returning to his commonplace family and ironically being the only one capable of seeing. The Orphan (1973), also with a Vietnam background, relates the mythology of the Oresteia to modern cruelty. In the Boom Boom Room (produced 1973, published 1975) presents the sleazy life of a tawdry woman. Streamers (produced 1976, published 1977) is a violent depiction of homosexuality and murders in an army camp. Goose and Tomtom (1982) is a two-act comedy about fights between jewel thieves. Hurlyburly (1984) is a grim comedy drawing upon Rabe's experiences...
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