Family Trilogy

For other uses, see Family Trilogy (disambiguation).

The Family Trilogy is a trio of plays by American playwright Sam Shepard. It includes Curse of the Starving Class (1976), Buried Child (1979), and True West (1980).^[1]

Journalist John O'Mahony called Shepard's trilogy "arguably his greatest achievement."^[2] Some critics consider the three plays part of a quintet which also includes Fool for Love (1983) and A Lie of the Mind (1985).^[3]

References

1. Simard, Rodney. “American Gothic: Sam Shepard's Family Trilogy.” Theatre Annual 41 (1986): 21-36.
2. O'Mahony, John (10 October 2003). The write stuff. The Guardian
3. Roudané, Matthew (2002). The Cambridge Companion to Sam Shepard. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521777667