Sam Shepard : Seven Plays (Buried Child, Curse of the Starving

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

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."â€”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."â€”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."â€”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."â€”Marsha Norman, Pulitzer prizewinning author of â€˜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."â€”Newsweek

"His plays are stunning in thier originality, defiant and inscrutable."â€”Esquire

"Sam Shepard is phenomenal..the best practicing American playwright."â€”The New Republic
Country USA
Brand Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer Dial Press Trade Paperback
Binding Paperback
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1984-05-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553346114

Country	USA
Brand	Dial Press Trade Paperback
Manufacturer	Dial Press Trade Paperback
Binding	Paperback
Color	Black
ReleaseDate	1984-05-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780553346114

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