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Tongues

Short Play, Drama  /  1m

Sam Shepard, Joseph Chaikin

"We are enthralled." - The New York Times

This strange but arresting stream of consciousness "concerto" was originally presented with Savage/Love by the New York Shakespeare Festival performed by Mr. Chaikin. An interior monologue where daydream and nightmare coalesce as one man rec…

Tongues

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    1m
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    • Monologues

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This strange but arresting stream of consciousness "concerto" was originally presented with Savage/Love by the New York Shakespeare Festival performed by Mr. Chaikin. An interior monologue where daydream and nightmare coalesce as one man recalls his life, communicated as from analysis and to analyst.

Available in the collection Sam Shepard: Seven Plays

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"We are enthralled." - The New York Times

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Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard’s first New York plays, Cowboys and The Rock Garden, were produced by Theatre Genesis in 1964. For several seasons, he worked with Off-Off-Broadway theatre groups including La MaMa and Caffe Cino. Eleven of his plays won Obie Awards, including Chicago, The Tooth o ...

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Joseph Chaikin

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