Streamers Summary
David Rabe

Streamers Summary

Although David Rabe has repeatedly denied that Streamers was conceived of as such, many commentators view the work as the last piece in a Vietnam War trilogy that also includes The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel (1970) and Sticks and Bones (1972). Like most of the playwright's works, Streamers had a rather involved composition history from its initial conception to its final form. It started out as a one-act play under the working title "Frankie...

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