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Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017

The god of hell : a play / Sam Shepard. - New York : Vintage Books, 2005. - 98 p. ; 21 cm.

"A Vintage original"--T.p. verso. Premiered in New York City at the Actors Studio Drama School Theater on Oct. 28, 2004.

"Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard's The God of Hell is a farce that brings the gifts of a quintessentially American playwright to bear on the current American dilemma." "Frank and Emma are a quiet, respectable couple who raise cows on their Wisconsin farm. Soon after they agree to put up Frank's old friend Haynes, who is on the lam from a secret government project involving plutonium, they're visited by Welch, an unctuous government bureaucrat from hell. His aggressive patriotism puts Frank, Emma, and Haynes on the defensive, transforming a heartland American household into a scene of torture and promoting a radioactive brand of conformity with a dangerously long half life."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN: 1400096510 9781400096510

LCCN: 2004065122

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Liberty.--Drama.
Conservatism.--Drama.
Right and left (Political science)--Drama.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Middle West.--Drama.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Political plays.

LC Class. No.: PS3569.H394 / G63 2005