Geography of a Horse Dreamer (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sam Shepard
- First Published: 1974
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Drama, Mythological literature, Parody, Suspense
- Subjects: 1970’s, Crime or criminals, Gambling, Art or artists, Extrasensory perception or powers, England or English people, Creative process, Imagination
- Locales: England
In this portrait of the artist exploited by big business (a recurrent theme with Shepard, who nevertheless found a commercial outlet for his talents quite early in his career), the artist is a dreamer, and his dreams are his art. The hero, Cody, has been kidnapped by thugs, who cull race winners from his dreams, moving him from place to place. As in all Shepard's two-act plays, the two acts bear likenesses to each other that underscore their differences. In act 1, it is horse racing that Cody dreams about, but in act 2, he has switched to dog racing. Once the thugs understand the...
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