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The Late Henry Moss, Eyes for Consuela, When the World Was Green: Three Plays
Sam Shepard
True West
by Sam Shepard
Broadway Off-Broadway West End
Awards & Recognition
Drama Desk Award Pulitzer Prize Tony Award
Finalist: 1983 Pulitzer Prize for Drama Nominee: Three 2000 Tony Awards, including Best Play Nominee: Two 2000 Drama Desk Awards, including Outstanding Revival of a Play
Synopsis
A powerful, yet funny confrontation between two brothers set in the contemporary West.
Press Reviews
"True West has... arguably become Shepard’s signature piece, the leanest, most pointed of his full-length works."
— David Krasner, A Companion to Twentieth Century American Drama
"Shepard’s masterwork... It tells us a truth, as glimpsed by a 37-year-old genius."
— New York Post
"It’s clear, funny, naturalistic. It’s also opaque, terrifying, surrealistic. If that sounds contradictory, you’re on to one aspect of Shepard’s winning genius: the ability to make you think you’re watching one thing while at the same time he’s presenting another."
— San Francisco Chronicle
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| Lee |
| Saul Kimmer |
| Mom |
| Austin |
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True West – Roundabout Theatre Company Trailer
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1996
Binding Paperback
Edition Samuel French Acting ed.
Pages 71
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573617287
ISBN-10 0573617287
LCCN 82034209
LCC PS3569.H394 T75 1981
True West is a American comedy play written by Sam Shepard and published by Samuel French (1996).
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