True West | Author Biography
Sam Shepard was born Samuel Shepard Rogers, Jr., in Fort Sheridan, Illinois, on November 5, 1943. Because his father was in the military, Shepard's family moved frequently during his childhood (including one move to the South Pacific island of Guam) before settling in Southern California. As he related in an interview in Theatre Quarterly, Shepard's adult perception of his early life, especially "that particular sort of temporary society that you find in Southern California," has led in many of his plays to investigations of the feeling "that you don't belong to any particular...
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