Description: | SAM SHEPARD's "A Lie Of The Mind" Click Image to Enlarge This is the play by Sam Shepard titled "A Lie Of The Mind". 101 pages. Softcover book measures 5 1/8"x7¾"x¼". Published in 1986 by Dramatists Play Service, Inc. Weighs 4 ounces. In new, never been used condition. Click Image to Enlarge "A Lie of the Mind" is a play written by Sam Shepard, first staged at the off-Broadway Promenade Theater on 5 December 1985. The play was directed by Shepard himself. Told in three acts set in Montana and California, the story alternates between two families after a severe incident of spousal abuse leaves all their lives altered until the final collision at an isolated cabin. The two families are linked by the marriage of Jake (son of Lorraine and brother of Sally and Frankie) and Beth (daughter of Baylor and Meg and sister of Mike). The play begins with Beth recuperating in her parents' home after a hospitalization resulting from Jake's abuse. Exploring family dysfunction and the nature of love, the play follows Jake as he searches for meaning after his relationship with Beth and her family as they struggle with Beth's brain damage. Click Image to Enlarge Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, and author whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film "The Right Stuff". Shepard's plays are known for their bleak, poetic, surrealist elements, black comedy, and rootless characters living on the outskirts of American society. Shepard died on July 27, 2017, at his home in Midway, Kentucky, aged 73, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). &#copy;Wikipedia At checkout I accept Credit Card, Debit Card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Money Orders, Cash on pickup, or PayPal This 4-ounce book will ship from Los Angeles in plastic wrap, wrapped in Bubblewrap and light cardboard, and then placed in a Manila envelope for Ground Advantage. Media will be in a box. Priority a flat rate cardboard envelope. Under your address I'll write HANDLE WITH CARE. Consider these shipping options for just under one pound from which ebay takes 14.95% of the payment plus 49¢, then paypal takes 2.9% of the payment plus 49¢, and then the post office takes $4.63 for Media as of the July 17, 2024 price hike: ► UNITED STATES Media Mail, up to 10 days, is $4.99; Priority Mail in a flat rate envelope, 2-4 days, is $9.99; and Ground Advantage is $6.50. The package will be sent immediately after receipt of payment. ► ALL OTHER COUNTRIES See additional fees for your country by clicking on the Shipping & Payments tab above.
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Book Title: "A Lie Of The Mind"
Original Language: English
Item Length: 7¾"
Publisher: Dramatists P.L.A.Y. Service, Incorporated
Publication Year: 1986
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Era: 1980s
Item Height: ¼"
Author: Sam Shepard
Genre: Drama
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Topic: American / General
Item Width: 5 1/8"
Item Weight: 3.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 101 Pages
