Play response:Sam Shepard's "Fool For Love"--incls: Title-Author-Nationality-Period and Setting-Synopsis-Unique Elements of Playwright's Style-Production Challenges/Problems

Title: Fool For Love Author: Sam Shepard Nationality: American Period and Setting: 1980's, Low rent motel room on the edge of the Mojave Desert Synopsis: At the top, Eddie is trying to reassure a very stricken May that he isn't going to leave. She accuses him of cheating and he leaves. May freaks out and then he comes back in. They fight some more. May threatens to kill both Eddie and his lover. He tries …

…a space and says the picture there is the woman of his dreams. The space is opposite the space he indicated when telling Eddie the picture there was a picture of his wife. Unique Elements of Playwright's Style: --Western themes --violence --isolation --metaphoric statements --people emotionally on the edge --monologues Production Challenges/Problems: --Learning how to work a lasso for Eddie --The extreme physicality it requires --Making the doors boom as indicated by the script