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True West is a play by the American playwright Sam Shepard, which follows the sibling rivalry between estranged brothers Austin and Lee, who have reconnected. It is set in California, about 20 miles outside of Los Angeles in the foothills of the San Gabriel Valley, at their mother's home.
True West Full Play Summary. Austin, a neatly dressed screenwriter, house-sits for his mother in southern California while working on a screenplay. His brother, Lee, a scruffy drunk, arrives to the house and pesters Austin. Lee is not there for house-sitting, however, but for stealing.
True West, drama in two acts by Sam Shepard, produced in 1980 and published in 1981. The play concerns the struggle for power between two brothers—Lee, a drifter and petty thief, and Austin, a successful screenwriter—while they collaborate on a screenplay in their mother’s southern California home.
Synopsis. TRUE WEST is a character study that examines the relationship between Austin, a screenwriter, and his older brother Lee. It is set in the kitchen of their mother's home 40 miles east of Los Angeles.
Jul 31, 2017 · From the Archives From the Archives: When Sam Shepard’s True West Came to Broadway Looking back at the Tony-nominated Broadway debut of Shepard’s classic work, which featured stars John C....
Jan 28, 2019 · January 28, 2019. Illustration by Josh Cochran. The Broadway première of Sam Shepard’s acclaimed 1980 play, “True West,” in 2000, was astonishing for several reasons. For one, by 2000 ...
Jan 25, 2019 · Reviews. Jan 24, 2019 7:00pm PT. Broadway Review: ‘True West’ With Ethan Hawke, Paul Dano. Ethan Hawke and Paul Dano duke it out as battling brothers in a disappointing revival of Sam Shepard’s...
