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Sam Shepard : Seven Plays (Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class, The Tooth of Crime, La Turista, Tongues, Savage Love, True West)

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Brilliant, prolific, uniquely American, Pulitzer prizewinning playwright Sam Separd is a major voice in contemporary theatre. And here are seven of his very best.

"One of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work today."—The New Yorker

"The greatest American playwright of his generation...the most inventive in language and revolutionary in craft, [he] is the writer whose work most accurately maps the interior and exterior landscapes of his society."—New York Magazine

"If plays were put in time capsules, future generations would get a sharp-toothed profile of life in the U.S. in the past decade and a half from the works of Sam Shepard."—Time

"Sam Shepard is the most exciting presence in the movie world and one of the most gifted writers ever to work on the American stage."—Marsha Norman, Pulitzer prizewinning author of ‘Night, Mother.

"One of our best and most challenging playwrights...his plays are a form of exorcism: magical, sometimes surreal rituals that grapple with the demonic forces in the American landscape."—Newsweek

"His plays are stunning in thier originality, defiant and inscrutable."—Esquire

"Sam Shepard is phenomenal..the best practicing American playwright."—The New Republic
Buried Child

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A newly revised edition of an American classic, Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer Prize—winning Buried Child is as fierce and unforgettable as it was when it was first produced more than twenty-five years ago.

A scene of madness greets Vince and his girlfriend as they arrive at the squalid farmhouse of Vince’s hard-drinking grandparents, who seem to have no idea who he is. Nor does his father, Tilden, a hulking former All-American footballer, or his uncle, who has lost one of his legs to a chain saw. Only the memory of an unwanted child, buried in an undisclosed location, can hope to deliver this family
Fool for Love and Other Plays

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Here are eight of Pulitzer-prizewinning Sam Shepard's most stunning plays. This brilliant American dramatist creates what The New Yorker dubbed "Shepard Country"--a landscape of the imagination, a unique theatrical experience that captures our culture and consciouness, our fears and fantasies.

FOOL FOR LOVE * ANGEL CITY * GEOGRAPHY OF A HORSE DREAMER * ACTION * COWBOY MOUTH * MELODRAMA PLAY * SEDUCED * SUICIDE IN Bb

With an Introduction by Ross Wetzsteon

“Sam Shepard is phenomenal...the best practicing American playwright.” —The New Republic

“Sam Shepard is the most exciting presence in the movie world and one of the most gifted writers ever to work on the American stage.” —Marsha Norman

“The most ruthlessly experimental and uncompromising of today's young writers.” —John Lahr

“Sam Shepard fills the role of professional playwright as a good ballet dancer or acrobat fulfills his role in performance. That is, he always delivers, he executes feats of dexterity and technical difficulty that an untrained person could not, and makes them seem easy.” —Michael Feingold, The Village Voice

"One of the most original, prolific, and gifted dramatists at work today.” —The New Yorker

“Increasingly recognized as one of the more significant dramatists in the English-speaking world.” —Charles R. Bachman, Modern Drama
A Lie of the Mind

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Currently a critical and box office sensation, Sam Shepard's newest play is amasterpiece of poetic and theatrical brilliance that looks unerringly at loveand family in the American West.
True West

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Comedy / 3m, 1f / Int. Recently revived at New York's Circle in the Square, where Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly alternated playing the roles of the brothers, this American classic explores alternatives that might spring from the demented terrain of the California landscape. Sons of a desert dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin, the achiever, is working on a script he has sold to producer Sal Kimmer when Lee, a demented petty thief, drops in. He pitches his own idea for a movie to Kimmer, who then wants Austin to junk his bleak, modern love story and write Lee's trashy Western tale. "Shepard's masterwork.... It tells us a truth, as glimpsed by a 37 year old genius." - New York Post "It's clear, funny, naturalistic. It's also opaque, terrifying, surrealistic. If that sounds contradictory, you're on to one aspect of Shepard's winning genius; the ability to make you think you're watching one thing while at the same time he's presenting another." - San Francisco Chronicle
Day out of Days: Stories (Vintage)

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From one of our most acclaimed writers: a collection of tales set mainly in the American West, written with the terse lyricism, cinematic detail, and wry humor that have become Sam Shepard’s trademarks.
 
A man traveling down Highway 90 West gets trapped alone overnight inside a Cracker Barrel restaurant, where he is tormented by an endless loop of Shania Twain songs. A wandering actor returns to his hometown and runs into an old friend, who recounts their teenage days of stealing cars, buying Benzedrine, and sleeping with whores in Tijuana. A Minnesota couple and their children, traveling south for vacation, are so caught up in the ordinary dramas of family life that they remain oblivious to the beauty of the Yucatan peninsula. Stunning, inventive, and powerful, these stories are Shepard at his flinty-eyed, unwavering best.

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Three plays by Sam Shepard - NOW Toronto
NOW Toronto, Canada - May 22, 1268
Three plays by Sam ShepardThese three lesser-known plays culled from Sam Shepard's early years are all about wild young men at play, so what better venue for these short shows than the massive living room of a derelict frat house? 4-H Club, inspired by Shepard's first New York

Fine Shattered Globe cast tells the ugly truth in Shepard's ... - Chicago Tribune
Chicago Tribune, United States - May 22, 7782
Fine Shattered Globe cast tells the ugly truth in Shepard's By Nina Metz | Special to the Tribune The home fires burn with resentment and missed connections in the plays of Sam Shepard. Domestic bliss is an oxymoron, and mothers tend to be off in their own worlds, distancing themselves from the angry,

Actor's Bridge expertly delivers dark camp noir with Sam Shepard's ...
Examiner.com - May 22, 2009
Actor's Bridge expertly delivers dark camp noir with Sam Shepard's ... In a theatre season that has seemed veritably littered with upbeat, lively fare meant to distract from your woes Actor's Bridge Ensemble's Nashville premiere of Sam Shepard's “Simpatico” is a welcome change of pace—not to mention a bold and ambitious

Sam Shepard in a Decrepit Mansion Ballroom - blogTO
blogTO, Canada - May 22, 9323
Sam Shepard in a Decrepit Mansion Ballroom - blogTO blogTOSam Shepard in a Decrepit Mansion BallroomFor about the cost of a movie these days you can experience an evening of Sam Shepard's wildest plays performed in the decrepit ballroom of an old literary society at St.George and Bloor. Candles are for Burning Co-op present 4-H Club, Killer's Head

CoHo Productions draws a bead on next season - OregonLive.com
OregonLive.com, OR - May 22, 1741
CoHo Productions draws a bead on next season - OregonLive.com OregonLive.comCoHo Productions draws a bead on next seasonVintage Sam Shepard. Vintage Wm. Shakespeare. Vintage Conor McPherson. Those are going to require some vintage acting! The details: "Fool for Love" by Sam Shepard, Oct. 16-Nov. 21. Portland used to be a center for good productions of Sam Shepard plays,