E. Creedon

Sam Shepard and the Aesthetics of Performance - What is Theatre? E. Creedon

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Introduction1. Surrealism and Sam Shepard's Early Plays: 1964 19672. Myth, Ritual and a Search for Selfhood: Surrealism in Sam Shepard's Plays from 1969 to 19723. Sam Shepard's Family Plays and the Representation of Gender4. A Comparative Study of Sam Shepard's Angel City (1976) and Luis Bunuel's and Salvador Dali's Un chien andal ou (1929)5. Tongues (1978), Savage/Love (1979) and The War in Heaven: Angel's Monologue (1985): Joseph Chaikin and Sam Shepard in Collaboration6. States of Shock (1991) and Simpatico (1994): Performances of Waste7. Conclusion: Through the 1990s and Beyond"Biographical Note: Emma Creedon has lectured at University College Dublin, Ireland and the National University of Ireland, Galway. She has also worked as a playwright and theatre director and her work has been published in the Journal of Contemporary Drama in English and Word and Text: A Journal of Literary Studies and Linguistics. Dr. Creedon was awarded her PhD from University College Dublin.