DAVID RABE (1940 - )
| Nationality: | American |
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Plays by David Rabe
Basic Training Of Pavlo Hummel, The |
| 1st Produced: | New York Shakespeare Festival, NYC | 1971 | ||
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| 1st Published: | Viking Press, New York | 1973 | ||
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| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Burning |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1974 | ||
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| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Corners |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Notes: World Premiere | ||||
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Dog Problem, The |
| 1st Produced: | - | 2001 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
| Genre: | - | - | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Goose And Tomtom |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1982 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, London | 1986 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: struggle between hope and anguish in the human spirit as two small time jewel thieves are united in a strange unsettling friendship | ||||
Hurlyburly |
| 1st Produced: | Chicago | 1984 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Grove Press, New York | 1985 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Dramatic Comedy | - | Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: What happens to the American post Vietnam generation amongst the insouciant jet set of Los Angeles | ||||
In The Boom Boom Room |
| 1st Produced: | Joseph Papp at Vivian Beaumont Theater New York | 1973 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Knopf, New York | 1975 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
| Parts Other: | dancers | |||
Notes: aka Boom-Boom Room | ||||
Synopsis: Chrissie a go-go dancer was abused as a child. She drifts into unsuitable relationships with both men and women. Her new neighbour, Guy, who is gay tries to befriend her but she is on a downward spiral. | ||||
Orphan, The |
| 1st Produced: | New York | 1973 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY | 1975 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 7 | Female | 6 |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
Notes: Part 3 of Vietnam trilogy | ||||
Synopsis: uses Oriesta as its framework and makes connections between Charles Manson violence and that in Vietnam | ||||
Question of Mercy, A |
| 1st Produced: | 1998 | |||
| Company: | Long Wharf | |||
| 1st Published: | American Theatre Magazine, NY - July | 1997 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Adaptation | Parts: | Male | - | Female | - |
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Notes: From Richard Selzer | ||||
Synopsis: sensitive drama exploring euthanasia | ||||
Recital of the Dog |
| 1st Produced: | - | 1993 | ||
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| 1st Published: | - | - | ||
| To Buy This Play: | I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com | |||
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Sticks And Bones |
| 1st Produced: | Villanova, Pennsylvania | 1969 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Viking Press, New York | 1973 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | Modern American Drama | - | Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 |
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Synopsis: portrait of a foolish, intolerant, religious, middle class American family who persuade son, blinded in Vietnam, to commit suicide | ||||
Streamers |
| 1st Produced: | Long Wharf Theatre, CT | 1976 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Knopf, New York | 1977 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 10 | Female | - |
| Parts Other: | extras | |||
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Synopsis: An American soldier en route to Vietnam is killed in a dispute over sexuality | ||||
Those The River Keeps |
| 1st Produced: | Princeton, New Jersey | 1991 | ||
| Company: | - | |||
| 1st Published: | Grove Weidenfeld, New York | 1991 | ||
| To Buy This Play: | If the Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased direct, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||
| Genre: | - | Play/Drama | Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 |
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Synopsis: a former mob hitman attempting to become a TV actor is tempted back much to the disgust of his supportive wife | ||||