Streamers

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"Streamers" is a stage play by David Rabe that powerfully portrays the tensions, racism, and psychological strain among American soldiers in an Army barracks during the Vietnam War era.

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Label Occurrences
Streamers canonical 4
Streamers (film adaptation screenplay) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stage play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
adaptedAs Streamers (1983 film) ⓘ
author David Rabe ⓘ
award Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play ⓘ
New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best American Play ⓘ
BroadwayTheatre Lincoln Center Theater ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
depicts psychological breakdown ⓘ
racial conflict in the military ⓘ
tensions among soldiers ⓘ
explores fear of combat ⓘ
sexual identity in the military ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector Robert Altman ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1983 ⓘ
firstProducedAt Long Wharf Theatre ⓘ
firstProducedIn New Haven, Connecticut ⓘ
firstProductionType regional theatre production ⓘ
focusesOn American soldiers ⓘ
follows Sticks and Bones ⓘ
genre drama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
war drama ⓘ
nominatedFor Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ
notableCharacter Billy ⓘ
Carlyle ⓘ
Cokes ⓘ
Richie ⓘ
Roger ⓘ
Rooney ⓘ
Toomey ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf David Rabe Vietnam War trilogy ⓘ
linked to: David Rabe
precedes Hurlyburly ⓘ
setting U.S. Army barracks ⓘ
settingPeriod Vietnam War era ⓘ
linked to: Vietnam War
structure two-act play ⓘ
subjectMatter U.S. Army paratroopers awaiting deployment ⓘ
theme class conflict ⓘ
homophobia ⓘ
masculinity ⓘ
military life ⓘ
psychological strain ⓘ
racism ⓘ
violence ⓘ
transferredTo Broadway ⓘ
Off-Broadway ⓘ
writer David Rabe ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Allan F. Nicholls → notableWork → Streamers ⓘ
David Rabe → notableWork → Streamers ⓘ
David Rabe → notableWork → Streamers (film adaptation screenplay) ⓘ
linked to: Streamers