Sam Shepard

Shepard currently lives with his common-law wife, actress Jessica Lange. He founded the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1904. Among his other works for the stage are Curse of the Starving Class in 1978, True West in 1980 and A Lie of the Mind in 1985. Iris Tree, the poet and actress, and the actress Viola Tree were their daughters. Among his many works, Buried Child is considered one of his most prominent and received a Pulitzer Prize in 1979. He married Helen Maud Holt (1863-1937), who had often played opposite him, in 1882. Shepard is also a well respected actor of stage and motion pictures. He played many of the leading roles in his own elaborate productions, which included the premiere of George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion, in 1914.

His works are known for being especially frank and often absurd, and particularly for having an authentic sense of the style and sensibility of the gritty modern American west. Ten years later, he was responsible for the construction of His Majesty's Theatre, also in the West End. He was born Samuel Shepard Rogers in Fort Sheridan, Illinois. Educated in Germany, he went on the stage in 1876on his return to England, where he was noted for his Falstaff. By 1887 he was running the Haymarket Theatre in the West End of London. Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) is an American playwright, writer and actor. Born in London, he was the half-brother of Max Beerbohm, his father Julius Beerbohm being a businessman with a German background. 2004 The God of Hell. Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (December 17, 1853 - July 2, 1917) was an English actor-manager.

2000 The Late Henry Moss. 1993 Simpatico. 1985 A Lie of the Mind. 1980 True West.

1978 Curse of the Starving Class. 1979 Buried Child. 1971 Mad Dog Blues. 1969 Oh! Calcutta! (contributed sketches).

1967 La Turista. 1964 Cowboys.