David Rabe made his reputation in the 1970s and has since won numerous awards for his plays. An American screenwriter and playwright, he won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1972 for Sticks and Bones. He went on to receive Tony award nominations for Best Play in 1974 (In the Boom Boom Room), 1977 (Streamers), and 1985 (Hurlyburly). He also wrote the screenplays for the Vietnam War drama Casualties of War (1989) and the adaptation of John Grisham's The Firm (1993).

• The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel; Sticks and Bones; Streamers; The Orphan

David Rabe made his reputation in the 1970s and has since won numerous awards for his plays. An American screenwriter and playwright, he won the Tony Award for Best Play in 1972 for Sticks and Bones. He went on to receive Tony award nominations for Best Play in 1974 (In the Boom Boom Room), 1977 (Streamers), and 1985 (Hurlyburly). He also wrote the screenplays for the Vietnam War drama Casualties of War (1989) and the adaptation of John Grisham's The Firm (1993).

• The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel; Sticks and Bones; Streamers; The Orphan