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"A scene from the play A Lie of the Mind is a play written by Sam Shepard, first staged at the off-Broadway Promenade Theater on 5 December 1985. The play was directed by Shepard himself with stars Harvey Keitel as Jake, Amanda Plummer as Beth, Aidan Quinn as Frankie, Geraldine Page as Lorraine, and Will Patton as Mike. The music was composed and played by the North Carolina bluegrass group the Red Clay Ramblers. Some critics consider the play the conclusion of a quintet which includes Shepard's Family Trilogy: Curse of the Starving Class (1976), Buried Child (1979), and True West (1980), plus Fool for Love (1983).Roudané, Matthew (2002). The Cambridge Companion to Sam Shepard. Cambridge University Press, Plot synopsis Told in three acts set in Montana and California, the story alternates between two families after a severe incident of spousal abuse leaves all their lives altered until the final collision at an isolated cabin. The two families are linked by the marriage of Jake (son of Lorraine and brother of Sally and Frankie) and Beth (daughter of Baylor and Meg and sister of Mike). The play begins with Beth recuperating in her parents' home after a hospitalization resulting from Jake's abuse. Exploring family dysfunction and the nature of love, the play follows Jake as he searches for meaning after his relationship with Beth and her family as they struggle with Beth's brain damage. Production history A Lie of the Mind was first produced Off-Broadway at the Promenade Theatre on December 5, 1985, closing on June 1, 1986 after 186 performances. The cast was as follows: *Baylor - James Gammon *Jake - Harvey Keitel *Lorraine - Geraldine Page *Mike - Will Patton *Beth - Amanda Plummer *Frankie - Aidan Quinn *Meg - Ann Wedgeworth *Sally - Karen Young =Revival= The first major Off-Broadway revival of A Lie of the Mind was staged by the New Group at the Acorn Theatre. Ethan Hawke directed the production with an ensemble cast featuring Keith Carradine (Baylor), Josh Hamilton (Frankie), Marin Ireland (Beth), Laurie Metcalf (Meg), Alessandro Nivola (Jake), Maggie Siff (Sally), Frank Whaley (Mike), and Karen Young (Lorraine; Sally in the 1985 production). The show began previews on January 29, 2010, with a limited engagement from February 18 to March 20, 2010. It was nominated for five Lucille Lortel Awards including Outstanding Revival, and two Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Director of a Play. The cast was featured on The New Yorker's list of the Best Performers of 2010. A revival in the UK was staged at the Southwark Playhouse in 2017, receiving excellent notices including 5 Stars from The Times of London. Awards and nominations * 1986 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play * 1986 New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play * 1986 Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off-Broadway Play * 2010 Lucille Lortel Awards for Outstanding Revival (nominee) * 2010 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Director of a Play, Ethan Hawke (nominee) * 2010 Drama Desk Award, Outstanding Music in a Play, Gaines (nominee) * 2010 Obie Award Performance, Laurie Metcalf (winner) ReferencesExternal links * * Review of the 1985 production by The New York Times * Review of the 2010 production by The New York Times Category:1985 plays Category:Drama Desk Award-winning plays Category:Off-Broadway plays Category:New York Drama Critics' Circle Award winners Category:Plays by Sam Shepard Category:Western United States in fiction Category:Plays set in the United States "
"James Jarrell "Jake" Pickle (October 11, 1913 – June 18, 2005) was a United States Representative from the 10th congressional district of Texas from 1963 to 1995. Pickle was born in Roscoe, Texas and brought up in Big Spring.When Texan J.J. Pickle Retired, Congress Lost a Connection to History : Politics: Irascible Democrat was a longtime friend of LBJ and of former Gov. John Connally. He was an integral part of nation's leadership for 50 years. - latimes Retrieved 2018-04-14. He acquired his nickname Jake from a mischievous character he portrayed in a family play when he was four years old. Pickle was an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. Pickle attended the public schools in Big Spring and received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas at Austin where he was a member of the 1934 Southwest Conference championship swimming team and the student body president as a senior in 1937. He was also a member of the Friar Society. Pickle was introduced by future governor John Connally to Representative Lyndon Johnson, who served as his political mentor. He assisted the latter in his 1940 election campaign and assisted Lady Bird Johnson in running the Congressional office. When the United States entered World War II, Pickle joined the Navy as a gunnery officer and was stationed on the cruisers and , surviving three torpedo attacks. When the war ended, he, Johnson, and Connally helped found a radio station (KVET) in Austin, Texas. After 10 years in the advertising business, he joined the Democratic Election Executive Committee of Texas in 1957. Pickle was elected as a Democrat to the 88th Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of U.S. Representative Homer Thornberry, who became a U.S. District judge. Pickle was reelected 15 times before retiring at the conclusion of his 1993-94 term. His campaign trademark was a "squeaky pickle" rubber toy he handed out to those he met in area parades. Jake Pickle hands Coretta Scott King a "squeaky pickle" at a campaign rally in Austin, 1976 While in the House, Pickle rose through the ranks to become the third ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee. Pickle voted in favor of the Civil Rights Acts of 1964 and 1968, and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. He was one of only eight Southern Representatives to vote for the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Pickle went on to play a key role in passing major Social Security reform legislation in 1983 to save the system from insolvency. The reforms increased the payroll tax rate, slowly increased the full benefit retirement age to 67 and taxed some of the benefits. He considered this legislation his greatest accomplishment. Pickle was able to steer research money to the University of Texas, and today the University's J. J. Pickle Research Campus is named in his honor. He was influential in the city of Austin, Texas, as well, most notably for relocating Austin's main airport from Robert Mueller Municipal Airport to Austin- Bergstrom International Airport. He was also instrumental in bringing the SEMATECH and MCC consortiums to Austin. Jake Pickle grave at Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas Before Pickle left for World War II in 1942, he married Ella Nora "Sugar" Critz. They had one daughter together. Critz died in 1952 and Pickle married Beryl Bolton McCarroll in 1960. Pickle was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 1991 and lymphoma in 2001. He died at his home in Austin on June 18, 2005 of complications from his cancer and is interred at the Texas State Cemetery there. Peggy Pickle was Jake Pickle's only daughter. She still makes contributions to the University of Texas at Austin on her father's behalf. In 1997, Jake and Peggy Pickle wrote a book together called Jake with a foreword by former Texas governor Ann Richards. ReferencesBibliography * External links * Category:1913 births Category:2005 deaths Category:Deaths from prostate cancer Category:Deaths from lymphoma Category:Members of the United States House of Representatives from Texas Category:American Methodists Category:People from Austin, Texas Category:Distinguished Eagle Scouts Category:Burials at Texas State Cemetery Category:Deaths from cancer in Texas Category:People from Big Spring, Texas Category:Texas Democrats Category:Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives Category:20th-century American politicians Category:People from Roscoe, Texas "
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