23 David Mamet has long been interested in role-playing. And, thus it is of little surprise that his salesmen are hawkers of false dreams and consummate storytellers, but the fecundity, creativity, and assertiveness of these ...
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Language: en
Pages: 241
Pages: 241
This book supports the claim that David Mamet is possibly the first true verse dramatist by examining in detail his celebrated use of language as dramatic action. Five of Mamet's best known plays are studied in detail: Sexual Perversity in Chicago, American Buffalo, A Life in the Theatre, Edmond, and
Language: en
Pages: 160
Pages: 160
Understanding David Mamet analyzes the broad range of David Mamet's plays and places them in the context of his career as a prolific writer of fiction and nonfiction prose as well as drama. Over the past three decades, Mamet has written more than thirty produced plays and garnered recognition as
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
Author, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter, David Mamet is often referred to as the quintessential American writer. His works are known for their clever and terse dialogue and have earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross and Oscar nominations for House of Games as well as The Spanish Prisoner,
Language: en
Pages: 320
Pages: 320
The 12 original and two classic essays offer a dialectic on performance and structure, and substantially advance our knowledge of this seminal playwright.
Language: en
Pages: 382
Pages: 382
Presents a complete picture of the critical responses to David Mamet's plays.