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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In eighteen stories unlike any in our contemporary literature, Sam Shepard explores the vast and rugged American West with the same parched intensity that has made him the great playwright of his generation (The New York Times). A boy watches a remedy man tame a wild stallion, a contest that mirrors his own struggle with his father. A woman driving her mother's ashes across the country has a strangely transcendent run-in with an injured hawk. Two aging widowers, in Stetsons and bolo ties, together make a daily pilgrimage to the local Denny's, only to be divided by the attentions of their favorite waitress. Peering unblinkingly into the chasms that separate fathers and sons, husbands and wives, friends and strangers, these powerful tales bear the unmistakable signature of an American master.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. In eighteen stories unlike any in our contemporary literature, Sam Shepard explores the vast and rugged American West with the same parched intensity that has made him the great playwright of his generation (The New York Times). A boy watches a remedy man tame a wild stallion, a contest that mirrors his own struggle with his father. A woman driving her mother's ashes across the country has a strangely transcendent run-in with an injured hawk. Two aging widowers, in Stetsons and bolo ties, together make a daily pilgrimage to the local Denny's, only to be divided by the attentions of their favorite waitress. Peering unblinkingly into the chasms that separate fathers and sons, husbands and wives, friends and strangers, these powerful tales bear the unmistakable signature of an American master.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. In Fool For Love, situated at a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert, transient lovers May and Eddie spin around in a room in a relentless struggle for power and truth. Through recollections and dreams, multiple versions of a fierce and fatal love story are told.The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife, another kind of love story in the form of a comic operetta, takes a distaff view of the Southwest's legendary cowpuncher and his mate Slue-foot Sue, with irreverent commentary on American heroes and heroics."No one knows better than Sam Shepard that the true American West is gone forever, but there may be no writer alive more gifted at reinventing it out of pure literary air." -Frank Rich, The New York Times"Mr. Shepard is the most deeply serious humorist of the American theater, and a poet with no use whatever for the 'poetic.' He brings fresh news of love, here and now, in all its potency and deviousness and foolishness, and of many other matters as well." -Edith Oliver, The New YorkerSam Shepard (1943) is a playwright, actor, author, screen writer, and director whose work is performed on and off Broadway and in other theaters across the country. In 1979, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Buried Child. In 1983, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in The Right Stuff. His other famous works include True West, A Lie of the Mind, and Curse of the Starving Class.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. In eighteen stories unlike any in our contemporary literature, Sam Shepard explores the vast and rugged American West with the same parched intensity that has made him the great playwright of his generation (The New York Times). A boy watches a remedy man tame a wild stallion, a contest that mirrors his own struggle with his father. A woman driving her mother's ashes across the country has a strangely transcendent run-in with an injured hawk. Two aging widowers, in Stetsons and bolo ties, together make a daily pilgrimage to the local Denny's, only to be divided by the attentions of their favorite waitress. Peering unblinkingly into the chasms that separate fathers and sons, husbands and wives, friends and strangers, these powerful tales bear the unmistakable signature of an American master.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 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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Paperback. Condition: Good. 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. FOL 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 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. FOL 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. …

Paperback. Condition: Fair. 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. FOL 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.…

Paperback. Condition: Fair. In Fool For Love, situated at a seedy motel on the edge of the Mojave Desert, transient lovers May and Eddie spin around in a room in a relentless struggle for power and truth. Through recollections and dreams, multiple versions of a fierce and fatal love story are told.The Sad Lament of Pecos Bill on the Eve of Killing His Wife, another kind of love story in the form of a comic operetta, takes a distaff view of the Southwest's legendary cowpuncher and his mate Slue-foot Sue, with irreverent commentary on American heroes and heroics.No one knows better than Sam Shepard that the true American West is gone forever, but there may be no writer alive more gifted at reinventing it out of pure literary air. -Frank Rich, The New York TimesMr. Shepard is the most deeply serious humorist of the American theater, and a poet with no use whatever for the 'poetic.' He brings fresh news of love, here and now, in all its potency and deviousness and foolishness, and of many other matters as well. -Edith Oliver, The New YorkerSam Shepard (1943) is a playwright, actor, author, screen writer, and director whose work is performed on and off Broadway and in other theaters across the country. In 1979, he received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Buried Child. In 1983, he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in The Right Stuff. His other famous works include True West, A Lie of the Mind, and Curse of the Starving Class.…

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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In his latest play, States of Shock, Sam Shepard turns a bizarre anniversary party into a grisly yet hilarious reopening of the wounds of war, sex, and family betrayal. This volume also includes Shepard's screenplay for the film Far North and the forthcoming film Silent Tongue.…

Paperback. Condition: Good. In his latest play, States of Shock, Sam Shepard turns a bizarre anniversary party into a grisly yet hilarious reopening of the wounds of war, sex, and family betrayal. This volume also includes Shepard's screenplay for the film Far North and the forthcoming film Silent Tongue.…