The Unseen Hand and Other Plays by Sam Shepard (Applause Books) Review

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(More customer reviews)WOW! This book is absolutely electrifying.I was first turned on to Sam Shepard from reading "True West", one of his later amazing plays.As I read more and more I thought I had a good understanding of hiswriting:until I read this book.This book contains many of Shepard'searlier plays from the time he first landed in New York and, as hisroommate Charles Mingus Jr. has said "Would go into a room with a reamof paper and come out two hours later with a finished play".If youhave really enjoyed some of Shepard's later stuff, I definetly recommendthis book to give you a fresh perspective on someone who literally turns"conventional theatre" upside down.If you are new to Shepard,you might want to tryhis later works first, only because they are easier tofollow.These earlier works are very much like the "Beatgeneration"- throwing out speeches and sentences without punctuation,with tons of craziness happening on every inch of the stage.Sometimes theplays may be hard to follow, or confusing, but if you really"get" what Shepard is doing, you will love this book.Just bewarned that all the plays are far from conventional theatre.If you are an"Our Town" type of person this isn't for you.If you enjoy Albeeand Beckett, if you enjoy equal parts peace and chaos on stage, then checkthis book out.

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The complete scripts to six Sam Shepard plays: The Unseen Hand ¥ Forensic and the Navigators ¥ The Holy Ghostly ¥ Back Bog Beast Bait ¥ Shaved Splits ¥ 4-H Club.

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