The plays, screenplays and films of David Mamet
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The plays, screenplays and films of David Mamet
（A reader's guide to essential criticism）
Palgrave Macmillan, 2008
- : hardback
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-173) and index
Description and Table of Contents
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: hardback ISBN 9780230555341
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Early Plays: Lakeboat (1970), The Duck Variations (1972), and Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974).- American Buffalo (1975).- A Life in the Theatre (1977), The Water Engine (1977), Mr Happiness (1977).- Other 1970s Plays: The Woods (1977), Reunion (1976), Dark Pony (1977), Children's Plays, Squirrels (1974), Marranos (1975), Lone Canoe (1979).- The Screenplays, 1981-9:The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), The Verdict (1982), and The Untouchables (1987), We're No Angels (1989).- Edmond (1982).- Glengarry Glen Ross (1983).- Prairie du Chien (1978) and The Shawl (1985).- House of Games (1987).- Speed-the-Plow (1988).- Things Change (1988).- The 'Bobby Gould' Plays (c.1989).- Homicide (1991).- Oleanna (1992).- The Cryptogram (1994).- The Spanish Prisoner (1997), The Edge (1997), Wag the Dog (1997).- The Winslow Boy (1999) and After.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Select Bibliography.- Index.
- Volume
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: pbk ISBN 9780230555358
Description
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.
Table of Contents
Introduction.- Early Plays: Lakeboat (1970), The Duck Variations (1972), and Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974).- American Buffalo (1975).- A Life in the Theatre (1977), The Water Engine (1977), Mr Happiness (1977).- Other 1970s Plays: The Woods (1977), Reunion (1976), Dark Pony (1977), Children's Plays, Squirrels (1974), Marranos (1975), Lone Canoe (1979).- The Screenplays, 1981-9:The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981), The Verdict (1982), and The Untouchables (1987), We're No Angels (1989).- Edmond (1982).- Glengarry Glen Ross (1983).- Prairie du Chien (1978) and The Shawl (1985).- House of Games (1987).- Speed-the-Plow (1988).- Things Change (1988).- The 'Bobby Gould' Plays (c.1989).- Homicide (1991).- Oleanna (1992).- The Cryptogram (1994).- The Spanish Prisoner (1997), The Edge (1997), Wag the Dog (1997).- The Winslow Boy (1999) and After.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Select Bibliography.- Index.
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