True West

Austin, working on his Hollywood screenplay, is disturbed by the arrival of his estranged brother, Lee, just returned from three months in the desert. During a brief spell of uneasy cohabitation in their absent mother'
s house, Lee employs himself as a door-to-door burglar before killing his brother'
s film idea by pitching his own to Austin'
s producer. But Lee is no writer and the brothers must strike a deal, escalating sibling rivalry to fever pitch in the blazing Californian heat.
Sam Shephard'
s True West was first performed at the Magic Theatre, San Francisco, in 1980 and has since become recognised as an American classic.