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.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Fool for Love canonical 12
Fool for Love (1985 film) 2
A Fool for Love 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf one-act play ⓘ
play ⓘ
author Sam Shepard ⓘ
awarded Obie Award for Best New American Play ⓘ
Obie Award for Performance ⓘ
linked to: Obie Award
BroadwayOpeningYear 1983 ⓘ
BroadwayTransfer John Golden Theatre ⓘ
centralConflict romantic and familial relationship between Eddie and May ⓘ
countryOfOrigin 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 (1985 film) ⓘ
linked to: Fool for Love
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 ⓘ
publisher Dramatists Play Service ⓘ
runningTime approximately 60 minutes ⓘ
setting Mojave Desert ⓘ
motel room ⓘ
structure single continuous scene ⓘ
subjectMatter American West ⓘ
linked to: Old West

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

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sam Shepard → notableWork → Fool for Love ⓘ
Lord Huron → notableWork → Fool for Love ⓘ
Samuel Shepard Rogers III → notableWork → Fool for Love ⓘ
Sam Shepard → notableWork → Fool for Love ⓘ
subject linked to: Shepard
Fool for Love → hasAdaptation → Fool for Love (1985 film) ⓘ
linked to: Fool for Love
Sam Shepard → notableWork → Fool for Love ⓘ
subject linked to: Hannah Jane Shepard
Frantic → hasPart → A Fool for Love ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Frantic"
linked to: Fool for Love
Allan F. Nicholls → notableWork → Fool for Love ⓘ
Eddie → protagonistOf → Fool for Love ⓘ
Eddie → appearsIn → Fool for Love ⓘ
Eddie → createdForWork → Fool for Love ⓘ
Eddie → hasFilmAdaptationPortrayal → Fool for Love (1985 film) ⓘ
linked to: Fool for Love
The Old Man → appearsIn → Fool for Love ⓘ
The Old Man → workTitleFull → Fool for Love ⓘ
Martin → appearsIn → Fool for Love ⓘ