Sam Shepard: Seven Plays

Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class, The Tooth of Crime, La Turista, Tongues, Savage Love, True West

Introduction by Richard Gilman
Introduction by Richard Gilman. A representative collection of plays by Sam Shepard. Includes Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child; Curse of the Starving Class; The Tooth of Crime; La Turista; True West; Tongues and Savage Love.

"My particular focus is [the play] True West. Students love the archetypal connections to Cain and Abel, the contemporary commentary on Hollywood hustles, and the psychological aspects—Dual nature, addiction. In addition, I find Richard Gilman's introduction a helpful learning tool." —Prof. Wayne Cresser, Dean College
SAM SHEPARD was the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of more than fifty-five plays, three story collections, and the novels The One Inside and Spy of the First Person. As an actor, he appeared in more than sixty films, and received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for The Right Stuff. He was a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for his story collection Great Dream of Heaven. In 2012 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy, and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. He died in 2017. View titles by Sam Shepard

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Introduction by Richard Gilman. A representative collection of plays by Sam Shepard. Includes Pulitzer Prize-winning Buried Child; Curse of the Starving Class; The Tooth of Crime; La Turista; True West; Tongues and Savage Love.

"My particular focus is [the play] True West. Students love the archetypal connections to Cain and Abel, the contemporary commentary on Hollywood hustles, and the psychological aspects—Dual nature, addiction. In addition, I find Richard Gilman's introduction a helpful learning tool." —Prof. Wayne Cresser, Dean College

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SAM SHEPARD was the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of more than fifty-five plays, three story collections, and the novels The One Inside and Spy of the First Person. As an actor, he appeared in more than sixty films, and received an Oscar nomination in 1984 for The Right Stuff. He was a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for his story collection Great Dream of Heaven. In 2012 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy, and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. He died in 2017. View titles by Sam Shepard