David Rabe Pořadí knih (chronologicky)

Exploring themes of life, death, and human connection, this collection features four stories and a novella that blend wit and absurdity. One story reveals the hidden struggles of carefree boys in a Midwestern setting, while another captures a poignant moment between siblings. A surreal phone call from the dead adds humor, and a tale of an elderly woman confronting her landlord highlights resilience in the face of injustice. These narratives showcase the author's talent for capturing the complexities of human experience with sharp insight and creativity.

À travers des pièces marquantes telles que Streamers, Sticks and Bones et Hurlyburly, David Rabe a donné une voix puissante aux conflits souvent violents de la psyché américaine. Dans The Crossing Guard, adapté du scénario original de Sean Penn, il a écrit un roman inoubliable sur la parentalité, la vengeance et le pardon. Au centre : Deux hommes sur une trajectoire de collision. John Booth, un homme récemment libéré de prison, et Freddy Gale, un homme tellement possédé par sa soif de vengeance qu'il ne reculera devant rien. Pas même le meurtre. Au climax : La belle et sympathique épouse de Freddy, qui fait face à sa manière aux circonstances qui ont ruiné son mariage. Et Freddy, engagé dans deux quêtes puissantes - l'une, pour découvrir comment un homme en Amérique fait face à une douleur irrépressible, et l'autre, sa quête maniaque pour trouver John Booth, un homme attendant avec une arme.

This collection of modern American plays, introduced by Brooks McNamara, includes "Streamers" by David Rabe, "Crimes of the Heart" by Beth Henley, and "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" by August Wilson, with five others

Six plays deal with the Vietnam War, college students, an interracial relationship, an unusual couple who have an annual rendezvous, a surprise birthday party, and a terrible family secret

With his earlier plays— The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel , Sticks and Bones , and In the Boom Boom Room —David Rabe established himself as one of America's leading young playwrights. Streamers is his most powerful and successful play. Set in an army barracks in the early days of the Vietnam War, Streamers has electrified audiences from its first performance with its explosive portrayal of a handful of soldiers and their fatally intertwined destinies...Richie, a wealthy neurotic who cannot resist temptation...Billy, an earnest midwestern straight arrow...Roger, a street-wise refugee from the ghetto...Carlyle, a pathological misfit who threatens the order and the substance of their lives...and Sergeants Cokes and Rooney, two aging dipsomaniacal soldiers whose grimly humorous song (about parachutes that fail to open) gives the play both its title and its fundamentally compassionate tone: Beautiful streamer, Open for me, The sky is above me, But no canopy. Streamers is a classic of the American theater.