True West

by Sam Shepard

Overview

Comedy / 3m 1f / Int. Recently revived at New York's Circle in the Square where Seymour Hoffman and John C. Reilly alternated playing the roles of the brothers this American classic explores alternatives that might spring from the demented terrain of the California landscape. Sons of a desert dwelling alcoholic and a suburban wanderer clash over a film script. Austin the achiever is working on a script he has sold to producer Sal Kimmer when Lee a demented petty thief drops in. He pitch

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780573617287
Publisher:	Concord Theatricals
Publication date:	03/26/2010
Edition description:	Samuel French Acting ed.
Pages:	74
Sales rank:	342,438
Product dimensions:	4.90(w) x 7.80(h) x 0.50(d)

Editorial Reviews

Sam Shepard rose from the fringe theater of ’60s counterculture to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and movie star. His plays explore the deep roots of competition and violence in the American psyche. Take TRUE WEST, a black comedy about two adult brothers sojourning in their mother’s house while she’s away. One brother writes screenplays; the other commits petty larcenies. They hate each other. They fight. They might even have killed each other had not mom returned from Alaska in the nick of time. The Oscar-nominated Alfred Molina and Fran Guinan, who appeared in the celebrated Steppenwolf Theater production of the play, pour on the testosterone in this vigorous audio version, taped before an appreciative audience. Director Simonson keeps the pace brisk but orchestrates the tempo masterfully from hot to cold and back again. Charlotte Rae as the mother does a wonderful little star turn at the end. Y.R. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2002, Portland, Maine

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