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SAM SHEPARDwas the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of more than fifty-five plays, three story collections, and two works of prose fiction. As an actor, he appeared in more than sixty films, and received an Oscar nomination in 1984 forThe Right Stuff.He was a finalist for the W. H. Smith Literary Award for his story collectionGreat Dream of Heaven.In 2012 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Trinity College, Dublin. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy, and was inducted into the Theater Hall of Fame. He died in 2017.
One of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work today. -The New Yorker A journey through classic Shepard country that is at once familiar and heartbreakingly new. -San Francisco Chronicle Shepard has many imitators, but no one to match his cunning psychological expressionism and comedic ruthlessness. -The Village Voice Shepard's work is a kind of verbal and visual jazz, which surprises you with its penetrating leaps of association and its startling voices. -John Lahr, The New Yorker One of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work today. The New Yorker A journey through classic Shepard country that is at once familiar and heartbreakingly new. San Francisco Chronicle Shepard has many imitators, but no one to match his cunning psychological expressionism and comedic ruthlessness. The Village Voice Shepard s work is a kind of verbal and visual jazz, which surprises you with its penetrating leaps of association and its startling voices. John Lahr, The New Yorker
