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Curse of the Starving Class
Written bySam Shepard
Characters
  • Wesley
  • Ella
  • Emma
  • Taylor
  • Weston
  • Ellis
  • Malcolm
  • Emerson
  • Slater
Date premiered21 April 1977
Place premieredRoyal Court Theatre, London
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama
SettingA derelict farm house in the California Central Valley

Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard, considered the first of a series on family tragedies. Some critics consider it part of a Family Trilogy that includes Buried Child (1979) and True West (1980).[1] Others consider it part of a quintet that includes Fool for Love (1983) and A Lie of the Mind (1985).[2] The play was commissioned by Joseph Papp and was premiered in London in 1977 before playing at Papp's New York Shakespeare Festival in 1978.

  1. ^ Simard, Rodney (1986). "American Gothic: Sam Shepard's Family Trilogy". Theatre Annual (41): 21–36.
  2. ^ Roudané, Matthew (2002). The Cambridge Companion to Sam Shepard. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521777667.

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