Mamet Plays: 1
Author | : David Mamet |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2015-12-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781474248099 |
ISBN-13 | : 1474248098 |
Rating | : 4/5 (098 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mamet Plays: 1 written by David Mamet and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duck Variations: "A brilliant little play...about two old men sitting on a park bench discussing ducks" (Guardian); Sexual Perversity in Chicago, bar-room banter and sexual exploits in Mamet's home town "sweet sad understanding and utterly believable" (Chicago Daily News); Squirrels is a sequence of philosophising between a younger writer, an older writer and a cleaning lady which "memorably captures the agony of the creative process" (Daily Telegraph); American Buffalo, one of Mamet's most famous plays, is set in a junk shop where Three small-time crooks plot to carry out the midnight robbery of a coin collection - in the hours leading up to the heist, friendship becomes the victim in a conflict between loyalty and business. The Water Engine is "a propulsive, kaleidoscopic nightmare" and Mr Happiness is a short ironic monologue by a Radio DJ commenting on the letters from his listeners.