The protagonist's mother contemplates a trip to Ireland in this play's third act, in which it is revealed that her son once attempted to kill his father in Mexico by challenging him to a drunken race to the border.
The protagonist's mother contemplates a trip to Ireland in this play's third act, in which it is revealed that her son once attempted to kill his father in Mexico by challenging him to a drunken race to the border. Important images in this play include a "fire in the snow" and an American flag eventually used to bridle the protagonist like a horse. The protagonist is imprisoned in his room after Lorraine steals his paints, while his brother Frankie is held captive after Baylor mistakes him for a deer and shoots him. The scenes in Act 1 of this play alternate between the protagonist and his hospitalized wife, whose brain was damaged after the protagonist beat her in a jealous rage. Set both in Southern California and Montana, this is, FTP, what play about Beth's and Jake's descent into insanity by Sam Shepard?
The protagonist's mother contemplates a trip to Ireland in this play's third act, in which it is revealed that her son once attempted to kill his father in Mexico by challenging him to a drunken race to the border.
A {Lie of the Mind}