Gliederung for
Sticks
and Bones
by David Rabe (1972)
Plot
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You can divide each of
the two acts into scenes by the lighting cues in the stage directions;
the lights go down and then up for each new scene. Make a Gliederung
of each act, listing what happens in each scene.
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How are the two acts parallel
to each other?
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Why begin with the slide
show?
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Where is the turn or reversal
in this play; where is the recognition?
ACT I
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95 Slide Show
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96 i. Phone call --
FaD, Oz, H all talking about sports/ Ricky arrives-- talk about memories
(Hank G) // Sgt Major arrives wi blind David/ Harriet's outburst/ Zung
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106 ii Night scene --
Oz and H/ H and D. H's racism
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108 iii Afternoon -- TV broken/
Hnak G// Oz and H corner D/ war myths vs Zung 113-4/ H vomits, cooks,
calls Father D/ Ricky/ 119 Oz soliloquy
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121 iv evening -- Ricky plays/
D's movies/ oz want to leaarn guitar/ 132-- Oz train story
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133 v. David whispeeering
in Oz's ear, trying to tell of Zung/ Oz explodes, denial of Zung/ D recognizes
Z
Act 2
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140 Slide SHow
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140 i FaD -- visits/ 142 ff odd
scene bte Oz and H (chair, police), visits Dave 146 speech about whores
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151 ii Night scene Oz
wi D: cap wi razors, Zung/ Oz & H-- fear of D
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155 iii Afternoon -- Oz egg throwing,
R piece of tail
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162 iv Late night -- H and D
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166 V Ozzie: inventory, final crisis