Wilder’s Notations of the Heart
A review of ‘The Enthusiast: A Life of Thornton Wilder,’ by Gilbert A. Harrison, Ticknor & Fields, New York, NY. 403 pp, $19.95 cloth.
Goethe Redux
3 new collections of German playwrights Geothe, Dürrenmatt and Schiller.
Funding
Updates from around the country.
Events
Festivals both new and established.
Plays and Playwrights: Cross Pollination
Translation projects are bridging the cultural gap.
April 1984
‘Communication’ and ‘context’ were the bywords of the magazine’s first issue.
Editor’s Note
Welcome to our inaugural issue, featuring a deep dive on playwright Sam Shepard.
The Voyage Out
A new national magazine is inaugurated with a look at its fleeting predecessor, and how much has changed in the decentralized U.S. theatre since then.
Rock ’n’ Roll Jesus With a Cowboy Mouth
Sam Shepard, like Elvis, has found an infectious groove in the cracks of American mythology.
Rhythm & Truths: An Interview With Sam Shepard
Why does the author of ‘True West’ write plays? To see and hear things he can’t find anywhere else.
