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David Mamet
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 262

David Mamet

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 Glengarry Glen Ross.

The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 192

The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet

David Mamet is arguably the most important living American playwright. This Guide provides an up-to-date study of the key criticism on the full range of Mamet's work. It engages with his work in film as well as in the theatre, offering a synoptic overview of, and critical commentary on, the scholarly criticism of each play, screenplay or film.

David Mamet
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 148

David Mamet

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David Mamet
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 294

David Mamet

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2016-04-30
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  • Publisher: Springer

This comprehensive biography uses extensive theater and film archives to reveal Mamet's ideas on writing, acting, and directing, covering his beginnings in Chicago, his relationship to Judaism and reputation for machismo, as well as discussions of and excerpts from early plays and stories that have never before been referenced in print.

Writing in Restaurants
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 184

Writing in Restaurants

Temporarily putting aside his role as playwright, director, and screen-writer, David Mamet digs deep and delivers thirty outrageously diverse vignettes. On subjects ranging from the vanishing American pool hall, family vacations, and the art of being a bitch, to the role of today's actor, his celebrated contemporaries and predecessors, and his undying commitment to the theater, David Mamet's concise style, lean dialogue, and gut-wrenching honesty give us a unique view of the world as he sees it.

David Mamet in Conversation
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 268

David Mamet in Conversation

A master at dramatic dialogue, captured in real-life conversation about his work

David Mamet
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 396

David Mamet

The most complete record of a contemporary American dramatist available, David Mamet: A Resource and Production Sourcebook is the result of ten years' research by a widely published drama and theatre scholar and a university bibliographic specialist. Presenting a complete overview of all reviews and scholarshp on Mamet, the authors challenge assumptions about the playwright, such as the charge that he is an antifeminist writer. This comprehensive sourcebook is an essential purchase for Mamet scholars and students of American drama alike. David Mamet: A Resource and Production Sourcebook reflects the revolution underway in the study of drama, in which not only previous scholarship but performance reviews are a necessary part of research. It gives a complete listing and overview of over 250 scholarly articles and chapters of books on Mamet's plays. It also presents the complete production history of each play, including review excerpts. The authors have produced an invaluable guide to research into this key contemporary dramatist.

How Good is David Mamet, Anyway?
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 304

How Good is David Mamet, Anyway?

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-12-16
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  • Publisher: Routledge

First Published in 2000. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet
  • Language: en

The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet

An up-to-date survey of the key criticism on the full range of this widely-studied contemporary dramatist's work, engaging with Mamet's work in film as well as in the theatre.

David Mamet's Oleanna
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 127

David Mamet's Oleanna

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2013-12-02
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  • Publisher: A&C Black

David Mamet is widely considered to be the voice of contemporary American Theatre. His use of what is taken to be realistic language together with minimalist staging creates a postmodern combination that pushes an audience in conflicting directions. The result is that initial audiences for Oleanna were aroused to applaud and loudly react to the ending of the play when a male teacher beats a female student. The issues the play raises about political correctness are turned on their head. Oleanna is a particularly complex play in terms of both form and content and this guide offers a theoretically informed introductory analysis. It provides students with a comprehensive critical introduction to the play and includes new interpretations of the text in light of recent developments in Mamet's playwriting and the intervening shifts in the political landscape.