Plays 1
by Sam Shepard
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"'Plays 1' by Sam Shepard offers raw, visceral stories that demand attention, showcasing the power of the solo voice."
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Readers appreciate the depth and poetic quality of the monologue in 'Killer's Head,' describing it as a reflection on a fading way of life. However, some find the simplicity of the plots and dialogues to be less engaging compared to other works by Shepard.
Synopsis
Sam Shepard is 'the greatest American playwright of his generation...the most inventive in language and revolutionary in craft...the writer whose work most accurately maps the interior and exterior landscapes of his society' (New York magazine) Volume One of Sam Shepard's plays collects fourteen of his legendary plays from the sixties: The Unseen Hand; The Rock Garden; Chicago; Icarus's Mother; 4-H Club; Fourteen Hundred Thousand;Red Cross; Cowboys#2; Forensic & The Navigators; The Holy Ghostly; Operation Sidewinder;The Mad Dog Blues; Back Boy Beast Bait; Killer's Head."A poet of the theatre, shaping a new language out of broken words: an emotional seismograph registering the tremors which shake the substratum of human life" (The Times)
Publication
Plays 1 is a American play written by Sam Shepard and published by Methuen (1996).
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Print On Demand (paperback)
Methuen · 1996 · 396 pp
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