by Sam Shepard · Dial Press Trade Paperback · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780553345902
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«Fool for Love and Other Plays» is a theatrical anthology by Sam Shepard, in paperback, published by Dial Press Trade Paperback (307 pages, in English).
The book brings together eight dramatic pieces by Sam Shepard, including Fool for Love, Angel City and Cowboy Mouth. The author, a Pulitzer Prize winner, creates the so-called 'Shepard Country': an imaginative landscape that reflects the culture, consciousness, fears and fantasies of his country. It includes an introduction by Ross Wetzsteon.
The book was published in 1984 and collects the plays Fool for Love, Angel City, Geography of a Horse Dreamer, Action, Cowboy Mouth, Melodrama Play, Seduced and Suicide in B Flat.
It will appeal to readers of theatre and literature, as well as followers of Sam Shepard's work.
Samuel Shepard Rogers III was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, author and musician whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays and several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. His accolades include the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Drama Desk Award, the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award, and a record 10 Obie Awards. He was nominated for two Tony Awards, an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994. The New York magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation."
