Buried Child (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sam Shepard
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: A small Midwestern farm
- Principal Characters: Dodge, Halie, Tilden, Bradley, Vince, Shelly, Father Dewis
- Genres: Realism, Drama, Psychological drama, Mythological literature
- Subjects: 1970’s, Family or family life, Sex or sexuality, Midwest, Yards or backyards, Incest, Farms, farmers, or farming, Death or dying, Amputation, amputees, or prosthetics, Old age or elderly people, Fertility
- Locales: Midwest (U.S.)
The Play
Buried Child begins with a darkened stage, gradually brightened by the light from an upright lamp and a large, old-fashioned television set, which gives off a flickering blue light but no image or sound. The light reveals Dodge, sitting on a worn-out sofa, dressed in an old tee shirt, khaki work pants, and brown slippers, covered by an old brown blanket. Next to the sofa is the lamp and a small night table with several bottles of pills on it. Dodge, thin and sickly-looking, stares at the television as more light fills the stage. It is day, and there is the sound...
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