The God of Hell : A Play

Sam Shepard

ISBN 10: 1400096510 / ISBN 13: 9781400096510

Published by Random House Apr 2005, 2005

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Neuware - Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard s latest play is an uproarious, brilliantly provocative farce that brings the gifts of a quintessentially American playwright to bear on the current American dilemma.Frank and Emma are a quiet, respectable couple who raise cows on their Wisconsin farm. Soon after they agree to put up Frank s old friend Haynes, who is on the lam from a secret government project involving plutonium, they re visited by Welch, an unctuous government bureaucrat from hell. His aggressive patriotism puts Frank, Emma, and Haynes on the defensive, transforming a heartland American household into a scene of torture and promoting a radioactive brand of conformity with a dangerously long half life.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The God of Hell : A Play
• Publisher: Random House Apr 2005
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1400096510
• ISBN 13: 9781400096510
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 203W x 132H x 7D millimeters 203 millimeters width by 132 millimeters height by 7 millimeters depth
• Weight: 138 grams

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Synopsis

Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard’s latest play is an uproarious, brilliantly provocative farce that brings the gifts of a quintessentially American playwright to bear on the current American dilemma.

Frank and Emma are a quiet, respectable couple who raise cows on their Wisconsin farm. Soon after they agree to put up Frank’s old friend Haynes, who is on the lam from a secret government project involving plutonium, they’re visited by Welch, an unctuous government bureaucrat from hell. His aggressive patriotism puts Frank, Emma, and Haynes on the defensive, transforming a heartland American household into a scene of torture and promoting a radioactive brand of conformity with a dangerously long half life.

About the Author

SAM SHEPARD was the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of more than fifty-five plays, three story collections, and two works of prose fiction. 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.