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Sam Shepard was born in Fort Sheridan Illinois
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This date is between 1950s and 1960s -
During his high school years, Shepard began acting and writing poetry. As he grew older, Shepard was inspired by jazz music and the works of playwright Samuel Beckett. Eventually, he moved to New York to pursue his own artistic ambitions. -- Seattle Rep -
A one-act play. Two buddies play what seems to be a game of cowboys and indians, re-enacting key episodes from Western mythology - episodes which lead to decay, stasis, and the apparent death of one of the characters. -- http://www.sam-shepard.com/cowboys.html -
In the second, the boy fetches his mother glasses of water while she chatters on about the weather. In the third, the boy and his father sit around in their underwear. When the father expounds on the topic of rock gardens, the young man falls out of his chair three times and finally responds with an arrestingly graphic description of his sexual experiences. After five minutes, the play ends with the father falling out of his chair. -- http://www.sam-shepard.com/rockgarden.html -
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Obie Award Winner. With the arrival of the younger contender, Crow, who embodies new ideals and challenges Hoss's established values, the tension escalates into a symbolic duel that critiques the outdated codes governing success and identity in the music scene. --- EBSCO -
The disillusionment of post-Vietnam America profoundly influenced Sam Shepard's work, permeating his plays with themes of violence, betrayal, and the decay of the American family and its myths. This national malaise, following a destructive war and the erosion of a triumphant national identity, provided the context for Shepard's critique of the American West and traditional masculinity. --- TSU
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Wins Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Three-act play, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1979. Sam Shepard takes a macabre look at one American Midwestern family with a very dark secret. When Vince brings his girlfriend, Shelly, home to meet his family, she is at first charmed by the "normal" looking farmhouse,which she compares to a "Norman Rockwell cover or something"--that's before she actually meets his crazy family--his ranting. --- http://www.sam-shepard.com/buriedchild.html -
One of his most famous works. two estranged brothers, Austin and Lee, who clash at their mother's suburban home --- Britannica -
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Sam Shepard plays legendary test pilot Chuck Yeager, who is portrayed as the embodiment of the elusive, mythic "right stuff" that all pilots strive for. His character serves as a stark contrast to the Mercury Seven astronauts, whom the media and NASA promote as national heroes. --- wins Oscar nomination, http://www.sam-shepard.com/rightstuff.html#:~:text=%22'The%20Right%20Stuff'%20is,and%20respect%20that%20surrounded%20Yeager.%22 -
Sam Shepard moved to a Kentucky horse farm primarily to seek a quiet, private life away from the public spotlight, especially as his health declined
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