Fool for Love | Essays and Criticism

  • Fools of Love: A Comparison of the Play and Film

    In this essay, Petrusso compares and contrasts the play and the film version of Fool for Love.

  • Review of Fool for Love

    Weales reviews Shepard’s play in this excerpt, finding the work to be ‘‘at once ambiguous and concrete’’ in its depiction of a strange love affair.

  • Soft Centers

    In this essay, despite finding Shepard’s play to possess considerable theatre craft, Simon ultimately finds the work ‘‘ponderous, imponderable.’’

  • Review of Fool for Love

    Calling Fool for Love ‘‘mysterious and unsettling,’’ Oliver offers a favorable appraisal of Shepard’s play, also terming the work ‘‘as funny as anything he’s ever done.’’