Curse of the Starving Class
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Curse of the Starving Class is a play by Sam Shepard which, along with Buried Child, A Lie of the Mind and True West, comprises the playwright's family tragedies.
First performed on March 2, 1978 by the New York Shakespeare Festival, the production was directed by Robert Woodruff and presented by Joseph Papp. It featured Olympia Dukakis in the role of Ella, Ebbe Roe Smith as Emma, Pamela Reed as Wesley and James Gammon as Weston.