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Hurlyburly & Those the River Keeps

by David Rabe · 1995

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This play depicts the morally bankrupt world of four men who inhabit a Los Angeles filled with drugs, post-Vietnam despair, and Hollywood hype.

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Setting
20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of this
Audience
adult
Length
medium · 288 pages
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