《饥饿阶级的诅咒》(以下简称《诅咒》)是谢泼德的家庭三部曲中的第一部,是谢泼德的戏剧风格向现实主义转变的重要标志。该剧的剧本为谢泼德赢得了奥比奖。该剧描述了一个美国小农家庭在面临内外压力(个人主义;物质主义和工业化进程)的情况下,家庭成员如何日渐疏远直至解体。 “The Curse of the Hungry Class” (hereinafter referred to as “Curse”) is the first of Shephard’s family trilogy and is an important symbol of Sheppard’s dramatic style changing to realism. The play’s script won the Obie Award for Shepherd. The play portrays how family members of a small American farmer family are increasingly estranged and disintegrated in the face of internal and external pressures (individualism, materialism and industrialization).