Mamet's criticism of American society, theatrical inventiveness, images of alienation and betrayal, sensitivity to language, and continuing productivity make him one of today's leading playwrights. This critical collection of eight original essays and two recently published essays by noted American and European scholars, including Ruby Cohn, Michael Hinden, Dennis Carroll, Steven Gale, and Chris Hudgins, examines David Mamet's development from the beginning of his career to the present. Structural and thematic essays provide a comprehensive overview of his work in theatre and film through such diverse approaches as aesthetics, linguistic strategies, communal vision, recurring paradigms, comedic structure and purpose, influences of classical and Renaissance drama, and feminist perspectives. Additionally, interviews conducted during 1990 with director Gregory Mosher, who has directed more than 12 Mamet plays, and actor Joe Mantegna, who in 15 years has starred in A Life in the Theatre , Glengarry Glen Ross , Speed-the-Plow , Things Change , and Homicide , offer insights about the writer and his work.
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I haven't been able to buy this book, but I have read it. It is very good, and doesn't just talk about the play, about half the essays are significantly focused on the movie version of Glengarry Glen Ross, and there are a few that are completely focused on it. I believe one even makes a case that the movie is better than the play (which I agree with). A great book if you are interested in Mamet's work of genius!
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The detective story in Glengarry Glen Ross is literally marginalized: the office break-in occurs in the interval between the play's two acts, and the investigation in act 2 is conducted in a room off-stage by a detective who barely appears. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pitchmen caught, uninflected cuts, older salesmen, masculine ethos, marshal the leads, rob the office, fuck talk, absent woman, day without fear, proven man, social dialogue, male mythologies, verbal authority, discourse coherence, gang comedy, ecstatic form, sales board, sales contest, actual talk, sales competition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet, New York, American Buffalo, Leslie Kane, Top Girls, Willy Loman, Glen Ross Farms, Shelly Levene, Arthur Miller, Harriett Nyborg, Hersh Zeifman, Jinny Lingk, Anne Dean, Jerry Graff, Ricky Roma, American Express, James Lingk, Jean Baudrillard, Joe Mantegna, Glengarry Highlands, Grove Press, Frank Rich, National Theatre, Dennis Carroll New!
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The detective story in Glengarry Glen Ross is literally marginalized: the office break-in occurs in the interval between the play's two acts, and the investigation in act 2 is conducted in a room off-stage by a detective who barely appears. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
pitchmen caught, uninflected cuts, older salesmen, masculine ethos, marshal the leads, rob the office, fuck talk, absent woman, day without fear, proven man, social dialogue, male mythologies, verbal authority, discourse coherence, gang comedy, ecstatic form, sales board, sales contest, actual talk, sales competition Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Glengarry Glen Ross, David Mamet, New York, American Buffalo, Leslie Kane, Top Girls, Willy Loman, Glen Ross Farms, Shelly Levene, Arthur Miller, Harriett Nyborg, Hersh Zeifman, Jinny Lingk, Anne Dean, Jerry Graff, Ricky Roma, American Express, James Lingk, Jean Baudrillard, Joe Mantegna, Glengarry Highlands, Grove Press, Frank Rich, National Theatre, Dennis Carroll New!
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- Glengarry Glen Ross: A Play by David Mamet on 133 pages
- American Buffalo by David Mamet on 42 pages
- David Mamet (Contemporary Writers) by C. W. E. Bigsby on 16 pages
- House of Games by David Mamet on 12 pages
- Top Girls by Caryl Churchill on 9 pages
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- David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross: Text and Performance (Studies in Modern Drama) by Leslie Kane on 18 pages
- Gender and Genre: Essays on David Mamet by Christopher Hudgins on 8 pages
- Weasels and Wisemen: Ethics and Ethnicity in the Work of David Mamet by Leslie Kane on 7 pages
- Weasels and Wisemen: Ethics and Ethnicity in the Work of David Mamet by Leslie Kane on 5 pages
- Anglo-American Interplay in Recent Drama by Ruby Cohn on page 52, page 80, and Back Matter
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