Kicking a Dead Horse

Kicking a Dead Horse (2007) is an American play written by Sam Shepard. It is an example of a dramatic monologue for one man for most of the play, until a woman shows up, in all lasting approximately 80 minutes.

Plot summary

Hobart Struther's voyage is interrupted by the death of his horse in a desert. Out of frustration, he kicks it. He stands trying to figure out what to do. Struther made millions by buying cheap paintings and reselling them. In a midlife crisis, he has abandoned his wife and rich life for a trip to understand himself. The former art dealer laments his condition. He must bury the horse. This proves to be very difficult. Next he debates different facets of his personality and life, looking as he mentions several times for authenticity, until every angle seems doomed to failure.

Performance history

Kicking a Dead Horse premiered at the Abbey Theatre of Dublin in 2007, starring the Irish actor Stephen Rea, and then with the same actor at New York's The Public Theater and the Almeida Theatre in London in 2008.

Ada Municipal Airport

Ada Municipal Airport (IATA: ADT, ICAO: KADH, FAA LID: ADH) is a public airport located two miles (3 km) north of the central business district of Ada, a city in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, United States. It is owned by the City of Ada, which is located in southeast Oklahoma, 88 miles (142 km) southeast of Oklahoma City.

Although most U.S. airports use the same three-letter location identifier for the FAA and IATA, Ada Municipal Airport is assigned ADH by the FAA and ADT by the IATA (which assigned ADH to Aldan Airport in Aldan, Russia).

Facilities and aircraft

Ada Municipal Airport covers an area of 770 acres (3.1 km²) which contains two asphalt paved runways: 17/35 measuring 6,203 x 100 ft (30 m). (1,891 x 30 m) and 13/31 measuring 3,103 x 50 ft (15 m). (946 x 15 m).

For the 12-month period ending September 12, 2005, the airport had 12,250 aircraft operations, an average of 33 per day: 98% general aviation and 2% military. There are 48 aircraft based at this airport: 83% single engine, 10% multi-engine and 6% jet aircraft.