Seven Plays
Author: Sam Shepard
Includes “Buried Child”, “Curse of the Starving Class” , “The Tooth of Crime”, “La Turista” , “Savage Loge”, and “True West”. Brilliant, prolific, uniquely American, Pulitzer prizewinning playwright Sam Separd is a major voice in contemporary theatre. And here are seven of his very best. “One of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work today.”–“The New Yo….Read More
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