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Jul 31, 2017 · 1. Buried Child (1978) Shepard proved his writing chops by winning the Pulitzer Prize for drama with this play, which launched his career. A dysfunctional farm family in the Midwest sees the...
Eleven of Sam’s plays won Obie Awards, including Chicago, The Tooth of Crime, and Curse of the Starving Class. Other award-winning plays include Fool for Love , A Lie of the Mind , True West and Buried Child , for which he won the Pulitzer Prize in 1979.
Fool for Love is a play written by American playwright and actor Sam Shepard. The play focuses on May and Eddie, former lovers who have met again in a motel in the desert. The play premiered in 1983 at the Magic Theatre in San Francisco, where Shepard was the playwright-in-residence. The play was a finalist for the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Drama .
Jul 31, 2017 · Sam Shepard, who died last Thursday at age 73, was a polymathic writer who collected acclaim and accolades as a playwright, actor and author. The New York Times has covered Mr. Shepard’s career...
A comprehensive source for the playwright's work and archives.
May 11, 2019 · Shepard’s earliest extant play, The Rock Garden, sketches many of the themes that resonate throughout his work. In the first of the play’s three scenes, Shepard defines the estrangement between generations: A Boy and a Girl sit in silence, sipping milk, while a Man, absorbed in his magazine, ignores them.
Sante Fe, New Mexico. BIOGRAPHY. Sam Shepard ranks as one of America's most celebrated dramatists. He has written nearly 50 plays and has seen his work produced across the nation, in venues ranging from Greenwich Village coffee shops to regional professional and community theatres, from college campuses to commercial Broadway houses.
