A Lie of the Mind

A Lie of the Mind
A scene from the play.
Written by	Sam Shepard
Characters	Baylor Jake Lorraine Mike Beth Frankie Meg Sally
Date premiered	December 5, 1985
Place premiered	Promenade Theater New York City, New York
Original language	English
Subject	Two families torn apart by tragedy
Genre	Drama

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 that includes Shepard's Family Trilogy: Curse of the Starving Class (1976), Buried Child (1979), and True West (1980), plus Fool for Love (1983).^[1]