The God of Hell
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Drama History & Criticism, Drama, American, Nonfiction, Entertainment
| Author: | Sam Shepard | ISBN: | 9780307495709 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group | Publication: | February 10, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Vintage | Language: | English |
| Author: | Sam Shepard |
| ISBN: | 9780307495709 |
| Publisher: | Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group |
| Publication: | February 10, 2010 |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Language: | English |
Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard’s latest play is an uproarious, brilliantly provocative 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.
Pulitzer Prize winner Sam Shepard’s latest play is an uproarious, brilliantly provocative 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.
