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'''''Sticks and Bones''''' is a 1971 black comedy by American playwright and screenwriter David Rabe [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rabe] (born 1940), the second play in his Vietnam trilogy, about a son who returns from Vietnam physically blinded as well as spiritually maimed.
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''[[Sticks and Bones]]'' is a black comedy by David Rabe (1940-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rabe] (born 1940),  
  
 
== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
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Written an Vietnam veteran and graduate student at Villanova University, where it was staged in 1969, it is the second play in his Vietnam trilogy, about a son who returns from Vietnam physically blinded as well as spiritually maimed.
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Professionally performed off-Broadway at Joseph Papp's Public Theater on November 7, 1971, directed by Jeff Bleckner.
  
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
1979: First staged in South Africa in The Gym at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) in January, directed by [[John Nankin]] with [[Anthony Chase]], [[Peter Fourie]], [[Errol Hart]], [[Colin Jantjies]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Michael O’Brien]] and [[Tertia Zeeman]]. Design by [[John Nankin]] assisted by [[Anthony Chase]], [[Michael O’Brien]], [[Quinton]] and [[Marge Watson]], lighting by [[Brian Astbury]], music by [[Tony Manhire]] and stage management by [[Laurel Godfrey]] and [[Angela Brückner]].
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1979: First staged in South Africa in [[The Gym]] at [[Space Theatre|The Space]] (Cape Town) in January, directed by [[John Nankin]] with [[Anthony Chase]], [[Peter Fourie]], [[Errol Hart]], [[Colin Jantjies]], [[Hilary Jones]], [[Michael O'Brien]] and [[Tertia Zeeman]]. Design by [[John Nankin]] assisted by [[Anthony Chase]], [[Michael O'Brien]], [[Quinton]] and [[Marge Watson]], lighting by [[Brian Astbury]], music by [[Tony Manhire]] and stage management by [[Laurel Godfrey]] and [[Angela Brückner]].
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==
Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticks_and_Bones].
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticks_and_Bones.
  
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Ar-Az|Astbury]] 1979.

Latest revision as of 06:35, 10 June 2021

Sticks and Bones is a black comedy by David Rabe (1940-)[1] (born 1940),

The original text

Written an Vietnam veteran and graduate student at Villanova University, where it was staged in 1969, it is the second play in his Vietnam trilogy, about a son who returns from Vietnam physically blinded as well as spiritually maimed.

Professionally performed off-Broadway at Joseph Papp's Public Theater on November 7, 1971, directed by Jeff Bleckner.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1979: First staged in South Africa in The Gym at The Space (Cape Town) in January, directed by John Nankin with Anthony Chase, Peter Fourie, Errol Hart, Colin Jantjies, Hilary Jones, Michael O'Brien and Tertia Zeeman. Design by John Nankin assisted by Anthony Chase, Michael O'Brien, Quinton and Marge Watson, lighting by Brian Astbury, music by Tony Manhire and stage management by Laurel Godfrey and Angela Brückner.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sticks_and_Bones.

Astbury 1979.


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