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Theatre review: Action by Michael Billington

Young Vic Studio, London Rating: **Sam Shepard was once regarded as the quintessential American playwright. But, on the evidence of the recent revival of the rambling A Lie of the Mind and the exhumation of this hour- long one-acter, he is a minor artist compared to Mamet or Kushner. Written during Shephard's London residency in the early 1970s, Action attempts to apply a sense of European angst to an American settin…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:06PM on July 17, 2017

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