Synopsis
Sticks and Bones
Published by Samuel French Inc
5 Male 2 Female
A devastating portrait of a foolish, intolerant middle class American family. When the oldest son returns from Vietnam blinded the mother, a religious hypocrite and racial bigot invades his privacy and is too self centered to be concerned with his plight
The father is a hypocrite and a failure. He has a double standard as to relations with women. The younger son is not only stupid, but a sexist pig as well. Then there's a sadistic, garrulous American Catholic priest who's programmed by textbooks
The family conspire to help the blind son to commit suicide. It's to be done in a very tidy, decent way. And in the finale, there's a searing, surrealistic scene in which bodies of the war's victims are seen
"Strikingly original anti war play ... powerful" ~ N.Y. Daily News
"A funny, cruel, mordant, unsparing attack on American society" ~ WCBS TV