Overview
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
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780553346114
- ISBN-10: 0553346113
- Publisher: Dial Press
- Publish Date: May 1984
- Dimensions: 8.24 x 5.3 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.7 pounds
- Page Count: 368
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