- Born
- Birth nameDavid William Rabe
- David Rabe was born on March 10, 1940 in Dubuque, Iowa, USA. He is a writer and producer, known for The Firm (1993), Casualties of War (1989) and We're Just Married. He was previously married to Jill Clayburgh and Elizabeth Pan.
- SpousesJill Clayburgh(March 8, 1979 - November 5, 2010) (her death, 2 children)Elizabeth Pan(1969 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- Won Broadway's 1972 Tony Award as author of Best Play winner "Sticks and Bones". He was also nominated three times as author of a Best Play nominee: in 1974 for "Boom Boom Room," in 1977 for "Streamers" and in 1985 for "Hurlyburly."
- Father of daughter Lily Rabe and son Michael Rabe, with Jill Clayburgh. Has a son, Jason Rabe, from a previous marriage to Elizabeth Pan.
- His drama, "Hurlyburly", was nominated for a 1998 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for Best New Play of 1997 season.
- Brother-in-law of Jim Clayburgh.
- As a young man, he served as a medical officer in Vietnam and was profoundly affected by his experiences in that war. A great many of his most famous writing credits concern the Vietnam War.
- My plays are fairly dense, language-wise, so the question is how do you negotiate and parcel out the dialogue? In general certain scenes onstage become funny and giddy because of the language. It worked well in Hurlyburly (1998) I was happy with the movie. I got involved in the editing of the film - lots of editing of stuff where I felt the text had become redundant because the actors had done so much with emotion. It's a very delicate process.
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