David Mamet : a life in the theatre

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David Mamet : a life in the theatre

Ira Nadel

Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, c2008

1st Palgrave Macmillan pbk. ed

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"First published in hardcover in 2008 by Palgrave Macmillan in the United States"--T.p. verso

Includes index

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

City of Fact South of the Northeast Kingdom Off-Loop South Side Gypsy The American Way Soldier of Fortune A Jew in the Nineties Kickass or Kissass Coda: Boxing with Brecht Afterword

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