SOURCE: A review of Cowboys and The Rock Garden, in The Village Voice, Vol. X, No. 1, October 22, 1964, p. 13.
Smith is a critic, stage director, and theater director, whose books include Eight Plays from Off-Off Broadway (1966) and More Plays from Off-Off Broadway (1972). A drama critic for the Village Voice from 1959 to 1974, Smith wrote the following review of Shepard's first produced plays, becoming an influential supporter of the author's early work.
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