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The Family Trilogy is a trio of plays by American playwright Sam Shepard. It includes Curse of the Starving Class (1976), Buried Child (1979), and True West (1980).

Journalist John O'Mahony called Shepard's trilogy "arguably his greatest achievement." Some critics consider the three plays part of a quintet which also includes Fool for Love (1983) and A Lie of the Mind (1985).

References

  1. Simard, Rodney. “American Gothic: Sam Shepard's Family Trilogy.” Theatre Annual 41 (1986): 21-36.
  2. O'Mahony, John (10 October 2003). The write stuff. The Guardian
  3. Roudané, Matthew (2002). The Cambridge Companion to Sam Shepard. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 9780521777667
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