Joseph Chaikin & Sam Shepard

Download or read book Joseph Chaikin & Sam Shepard written by Joseph Chaikin and published by Theatre Communications Grou. This book was released on 1994 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Friends since 1964, correspondents since 1972, playwright Sam Shepard and director Joseph Chaikin established independent reputations - Chaikin with such Open Theatre landmarks as America Hurrah and The Serpent; Shepard with celebrated plays, including The Tooth of Crime - before becoming close collaborators in 1978. The texts of their remarkable creations - Tongues, Savage / Love and The War in Heaven - are included here, together with notes and - most important - the deeply personal, exploratory letters which detail their passionate pursuit of a new language for the stage.