Plays 1
by Sam Shepard

Name: Plays 1
Brand: Sam Shepard
SKU: 9780413708304
Rating: 3.84 (19 reviews)

Highlights

American

Why we like it

"'Plays 1' by Sam Shepard offers raw, visceral stories that demand attention, showcasing the power of the solo voice."

From: One-Person Shows

What readers are saying

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.

Deep and poetic monologueReflects on fading way of lifeSimplicity of plots and dialogues

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)