Sam Shepard

A Lie of the Mind

Fractured family drama spanning generations of violence, love, and betrayal

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Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard

American playwright who mapped the mythology and violence of the American West in plays that fused realism with surrealism and rock energy. Buried Child won the Pulitzer Prize; True West and Curse of the Starving Class complete his great family trilogy. He was also a film actor and novelist.

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