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Buried Child Lesson Plan
33,529 words, approx. 112 pages
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| Name: |
Sam Shepard | | Variant Name: |
Samuel Shepard Rogers, VII | | Birth Date: |
November 5, 1943 | | Place of Birth: |
Fort Sheridan, Illinois, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
playwright, actor |
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 Biography of Sam Shepard
1456 words, approx. 4.9 pages
 Sam Shepard (Samuel Shepard Rogers VII; born 1943) began his career as a playwright in the lively off-off-Broadway scene of the 1960s and became one of the United States' most prolific and acclaimed dramatists. He was also a film actor, a stage and film... summary from source:
 Biography of Sam Shepard
6583 words, approx. 21.9 pages
 November 5, 1943. Samuel "Steve" Shepard Rogers "...plunged into the world head first and, although covered with blood, my attitude was very friendly.... "My name came down through seven generations of men with the same name each naming the first son the... summary from source:
 Biography of Sam Shepard
5445 words, approx. 18.2 pages
Although Sam Shepard has written more than forty plays and five screenplays, including collaborating on Michelangelo Antonioni's Zabriskie Point (1970) and Wim Wenders's Paris, Texas (1984); has directed two movies based on his scripts, Far North (1988)...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Buried Child Information
442 words, approx. 2 pages
Buried Child is a play by Sam Shepard that won the 1979 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and launched Shepard to national fame as a...
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 American Theatre Buried Child. (drama)
09/01/1996: 23,442 words, approx. 78 pages The Characters Dodge, in his seventies Halie, Dodge's wife. Mid-sixties Tilden, their oldest son Bradley, their next oldest son, an amputee Vince, Tilden's son Shelly, Vince's girlfriend Father Dewis, a Protestant minister ACT ONE Scene: day. Old wooden staircase down... summary from source:
Variety Buried Child.(Theater Review)
10/11/2004: 840 words, approx. 3 pages BURIED CHILD (NATIONAL THEATER: LITTLETON; 865 SEATS; 35 [pounds sterling] ($62) TOP) LONDON A National Theater presentation of a play by Sam Shepard in two acts. Directed by Matthew Warehus. Sets and costumes, Rob Howell; lighting, Natasha Katz; music, Gary Yershon;...
Literary Criticism
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 Johan Callens
7,915 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following essay, Callens assesses the underlying "mythic-symbolic dimension" of Sam Shepard's drama Buried Child, focusing on the complex and ambivalent water symbolism in the play.
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Critical Essay by Doris Auerbach
3,409 words, approx. 11 pages
In the following essay, Auerbach, an educator and critic, offers an interpretation of Buried Child, stressing the play's discouraging message of lost American promise, yet also noting a sense of hope at the conclusion of the drama.
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Critical Essay by Thomas Nash
2,740 words, approx. 9 pages
In the essay below, Nash finds that Shepard utilizes elements of traditional folklore in Buried Child, creating ";a modern version of the central theme of Western mythology, the death and rebirth of the Corn King. ";
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Buried Child by Sam Shepard | |
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