Suggested reading and viewing . . .

I'd point you to the rest of Sam Shepard's play Buried Child, or, for that matter, any of his plays. (If you've read them, read just the stage directions this time. I'm serious.) He should be findable at your local library; if not you can order his plays through amazon.com at

http://amazon.com

and you'll find one of his most recent, Sympatico, in the E-script bookstore at

http://www.singlelane.com/escript/ebooks.htm

Judith Thompson's Lion in the Streets is also available at amazon.com. Here's a direct link to the page in question.

In the oldie-but-goody category, try Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth (again, available at most libraries).

Suggesting videos is a tougher proposition; very few of the plays on video I know of have retained strong theatrical (ie., visual) elements. But Shepard's Fool for Love is worth a look, and listen, for its rich visual language. Or find Suddenly, Last Summer, and listen to Elizabeth Taylor's long speech at the end. Harder to locate, but worth it, is the National Theatre's classic production of Nicholas Nickleby (a set of nine videos), one of the most visually inventive productions ever.

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