Seven Plays (Bantam Books)

Brilliant, prolific, uniquely American, Pulitzer prizewinning playwright Sam Separd is a major voice in contemporary theatre. And here are seven of his very best.§§"One of the most original, prolific and gifted dramatists at work today." - The New Yorker§§"The greatest American playwright of his generation...the most inventive in language and revolutionary in craft, [he] is the writer whose work most accurately maps the interior and exterior landscapes of his society." - New York Magazine§§"If plays were put in time capsules, future generations would get a sharp-toothed profile of life in the U.S. In the past decade and a half from the works of Sam Shepard." - Time§§"Sam Shepard is the most exciting presence in the movie world and one of the most gifted writers ever to work on the American stage." - Marsha Norman, Pulitzer prizewinning author of 'Night, Mother.§§"One of our best and most challenging playwrights...his plays are a form of exorcism: magical, sometimes surreal rituals that grapple with the demonic forces in the American landscape." - Newsweek§§"His plays are stunning in thier originality, defiant and inscrutable." - Esquire§§"Sam Shepard is phenomenal..the best practicing American playwright." - The New Republic