La Turista

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{{Infobox play

| name = La Turista

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| writer = Sam Shepard

| characters = {{plainlist |

• Salem
• Kent
• Boy
• Doctor
• Son
• Doc
• Sonny

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| setting = Hotel rooms in Mexico and in the US

| premiere = 4 March 1967{{cite book|author=James Fisher|title=Historical Dictionary of Contemporary American Theater: 1930-2010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m6O5-spILIUC&pg=PA440|date=1 June 2011|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7950-8|pages=440–}}

| place = American Place Theatre, New York City.{{cite book|author1=Radmila Nastić|author2=Vesna Bratić|title=Highlights in Anglo-American Drama: Viewpoints from Southeast Europe|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2iH5DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA68|date=8 February 2016|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=978-1-4438-8845-5|pages=68–}}

| orig_lang = English

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| genre = Drama

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La Turista is a play by the American playwright Sam Shepard,{{cite book|author1=Ruth Little|author2=Emily McLaughlin|title=The Royal Court Theatre Inside Out|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NaodAQAAIAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Oberon|isbn=978-1-84002-763-1}} first performed at American Place Theatre, New York City in 1967, directed by Jacques Levy.{{cite book |author1=Debusscher |first=Gilbert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ow5eSO59bQC&pg=PA169 |title=New Essays on American Drama |author2=Schvey |first2=Henry I. |author3=Maufort |first3=Marc |publisher=Rodopi |year=1989 |isbn=90-5183-107-2 |pages=169– |author-link2=Henry Schvey}} The title refers to the most common illness among tourists. The two main characters are Salem and Kent, which are also the names of brands of cigarettes. It is a two-act dramatic play. The first act takes place in Mexico, and the second in the United States. Some see this play as a reference to the Vietnam War.