This comprehensive analysis traces Sam Shepard's career from his experimental one-act plays of the 1960s through the 1994 play Simpatico. Concentrating on his playwriting, this book charts Shepard's various developments and shifts of direction, and the changing contexts in which his work has appeared. Engaging, informative, and insightful, The Theatre of Sam Shepard is the definitive source on the works of this innovative and original writer.
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'Bottoms ... has an excellent perception of the performance side of drama, which makes his comments on Shepard's work even more invaluable ... another strength of the book is that Bottoms locates the plays in a wide spectrum of contexts ... convincing and fascinating ... Bottoms's book is very useful for understanding this highly prolific and versatile American playwright. Its detailed readings of Shepard's plays make it a substantial contribution to Shepard criticism.' American Studies
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This comprehensive analysis traces Sam Shepard's career from his experimental one-act plays of the 1960s through the 1994 play Simpatico. Concentrating on his playwritingthis book charts Shepard's various developments and shifts of direction, and the changing contexts in which his work his appeared.Engaging, informative, and insightful, The Theatre of Sam Shepard is the definitive source on the works of this innovative and original writer.
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Working on a production of Fool For Love, I came across this book for background research. Well worth a look.
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the best guide to Shepard's theater in print,
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This review is from: The Theatre of Sam Shepard: States of Crisis (Cambridge Studies in American Theatre and Drama) (Paperback)
Bottoms' study is an insightful and surefooted introduction to one of America's most troubling and innovative playwrights. While the book presents itself as a fairly straightforward work of dramatic criticism, with some production history and biography mixed in, it is written in an enliveningly lucid style and is brimming with surprising insights. Its organization is pleasingly straightforward too: the introduction lays out the main 'crises' that run through Shepard's work, and then the book proceeds to use these crises as it goes chronologically through the evolution of Shepard's career, paying attention to its many aesthetic twists and turns. Highly recommended for anyone studying Shepard, or interested in putting on a thoughtful production of one of his plays!
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IN OCTOBER 1964, a double bill of Sam Shepard's first two plays. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
horse dreamer, cowboy mouth, buried child, inner library, starving class, premiere production, prose collection Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Angel City, New York, Melodrama Play, Far North, Magic Theatre, Red Cross, San Francisco, Operation Sidewinder, States of Shock, Silent Tongue, Miss Scoons, Shaved Splits, The Tooth of Crime, The Mad Dog Blues, Back Bog Beast Bait, The Rock Garden, Los Angeles, Nancy Meckler, The Holy Ghostly, Theatre Genesis, Hawk Moon, Icarus's Mother, Jacques Levy, Joseph Chaikin, Open Theatre New!
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IN OCTOBER 1964, a double bill of Sam Shepard's first two plays. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
horse dreamer, cowboy mouth, buried child, inner library, starving class, premiere production, prose collection Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Angel City, New York, Melodrama Play, Far North, Magic Theatre, Red Cross, San Francisco, Operation Sidewinder, States of Shock, Silent Tongue, Miss Scoons, Shaved Splits, The Tooth of Crime, The Mad Dog Blues, Back Bog Beast Bait, The Rock Garden, Los Angeles, Nancy Meckler, The Holy Ghostly, Theatre Genesis, Hawk Moon, Icarus's Mother, Jacques Levy, Joseph Chaikin, Open Theatre New!
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- Buried Child - Acting Edition by Sam Shepard on 38 pages
- True West by Sam Shepard on 23 pages
- Paris, Texas by Sam Shepard on 20 pages
- Fool for Love - Acting Edition by Sam Shepard on 20 pages
- A Lie of the Mind by Sam Shepard on 15 pages
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- The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Stephen Bottoms in Front Matter
- Harold Pinter and the Twilight of Modernism by Varun Begley in Back Matter
- Empty Figure on an Empty Stage: The Theatre of Samuel Beckett and His by Les Essif in Back Matter
- Understanding Beth Henley (Understanding Contemporary American Literature) by Robert J. Andreach in Back Matter
- Beth Henley: A Casebook (Casebooks on Modern Dramatists) by Julia A. Fesmire on page 103
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