Fool for Love

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Fool for Love is a one-act play by American playwright Sam Shepard that explores obsession, dysfunctional love, and family secrets in a stark desert motel setting.

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Fool for Love canonical 5
Fool for Love (1985 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf one-act play
play
author Sam Shepard
awarded Obie Award for Best New American Play
Obie Award
surface form: Obie Award for Performance
BroadwayOpeningYear 1983
BroadwayTransfer John Golden Theatre
centralConflict romantic and familial relationship between Eddie and May
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
directorOfPremiere Sam Shepard
filmAdaptationDirector Robert Altman
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1985
filmAdaptationScreenwriter Sam Shepard
firstPerformanceDate 1983
firstPerformancePlace Magic Theatre, San Francisco
genre drama
psychological drama
hasAdaptation Fool for Love self-linksurface differs
surface form: Fool for Love (1985 film)
hasCharacter Eddie
Martin
May
The Old Man
hasDialogueFeature monologues by The Old Man
overlapping dialogue
hasStyle minimalist staging
realism blended with surreal elements
nominatedFor Pulitzer Prize for Drama
notableProduction Off-Broadway production at Circle Repertory Company
originalLanguage English
partOf Sam Shepard’s family plays
producerOfPremiere Magic Theatre, San Francisco
surface form: Magic Theatre
publisher Dramatists Play Service
runningTime approximately 60 minutes
setting Mojave Desert
motel room
structure single continuous scene
subjectMatter Old West
surface form: American West

broken families
emotional violence
theme abandonment
dysfunctional love
family secrets
incest
memory and reality
obsession
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century

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Sam Shepard notableWork Fool for Love
Lord Huron notableWork Fool for Love
Samuel Shepard Rogers III notableWork Fool for Love
Shepard notableWork Fool for Love
subject surface form: Sam Shepard
Fool for Love hasAdaptation Fool for Love self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Fool for Love (1985 film)
Hannah Jane Shepard notableWork Fool for Love
subject surface form: Sam Shepard