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The Unseen Hand

Short Play, Drama  /  5m

Sam Shepard

A haunting protest against the dehumanizing tendencies of modern societies and a powerful affirmation of the human spirit, the play moves after the "revolution" in a surrealistic and Kafkaesque world. Nogoland is the area ruled absolutely in which three brothers, old style "desperadoes" from the Wil…

The Unseen Hand

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A haunting protest against the dehumanizing tendencies of modern societies and a powerful affirmation of the human spirit, the play moves after the "revolution" in a surrealistic and Kafkaesque world. Nogoland is the area ruled absolutely in which three brothers, old style "desperadoes" from the Wild West have been summoned out of the 19th century by the single individual who is trying to throw off the yoke of his inhuman oppressors. Available in the collection Fifteen One-Act Plays

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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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