David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross
Author: Leslie Kane
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 324
Release: 1996-10-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 1136791701

The 12 original and two classic essays offer a dialectic on performance and structure, and substantially advance our knowledge of this seminal playwright. The commentaries examine feminism, pernicious nostalgia, ethnicity, the mythological land motif, the discourse of anxiety, gendered language, and Mamet's vision of America, providing insights on the theatricality, originality, and universality of the work. Although the dominant focus is on Glengarry Glen Ross, several essays look at the play against the background of Mamet's Edmund, Reunion, and American Buffalo, whereas others find fascinating parallels in Emerson, Baudrillard, Conrad, Miller, and Churchill. The book also includes an interview with Sam Mendes, the director of the highly acclaimed 1994 revival of Glengarry Glen Ross in London, conducted specifically for this collectio. A chronology of major productions and the most current and comprehensive bibliography of secondary references from 1983-1995 complete the volume.

Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2014-07-22
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 0802191797

Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, David Mamet's scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat real esate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their fair share of the American dream. Here is Mamet at his very best, writing with brutal power about the tough life of tough characters who cajole, connive, wheedle, and wheel and deal for a piece of the action -- where closing a sale can mean a brand new cadillac but losing one can mean losing it all. This masterpiece of American drama is now a major motion picture starring Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alan Arkin, Alex Baldwain, Jonathan Pryce, Ed Harris, and Kevin Spacey.

A Study Guide for David Mamet's "Glengarry, Glen Ross"

A Study Guide for David Mamet's
Author: Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher: Gale, Cengage Learning
Total Pages: 30
Release:
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1410346846

A Study Guide for David Mamet's "Glengarry, Glen Ross," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

The Woods ; Lakeboat ; Edmond

The Woods ; Lakeboat ; Edmond
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1987
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780802151094

A modern parable in which a young man and woman who spend a night in his family's cabin experience first passion, then dissillusionment, but are reconciled in the end by mutual need.

The Anarchist

The Anarchist
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Theatre Communications Group
Total Pages: 73
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 1559364122

A new drama by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Glengarry Glen Ross.

A Study Guide for David Mamet's "Glengarry, Glen Ross"

A Study Guide for David Mamet's
Author: Cengage Learning Gale
Publisher:
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2017-07-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781375380539

A Study Guide for David Mamet's "Glengarry, Glen Ross," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

Speed-the-plow

Speed-the-plow
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1989
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780573690815

Charlie Fox has a terrific vehicle for a hot male movie star, and he has brought it to his friend Bobby Gould, head of production for a major film company. Both see the script as a ticket to the really big table where the power is. The star wants to do it; all they have to do is pitch it to their boss in the morning. Meanwhile, Bobby bets Charlie that he can seduce the secretary temp. As a ruse, he has given her a novel "by some Eastern sissy writer" that he is supposed to read before saying "thanks but no thanks." She is determined that the novel, not the trite vehicle, should be the company's next project. When she does sleep with Bobby, he finds the experience is so transmogrifying that Charlie must plead with Bobby not to pitch the sissy film. - Publisher's note.

David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross

David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross
Author: Leslie Kane
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 326
Release: 1996
Genre:
ISBN: 9780815318774

The twelve original and two classic essays present provocative and timely thinking on Mamet's play and screenplay and offer a dialectic on performance and structure. The commentaries take diverse critical approaches to such subjects as feminism, pernicious nostalgia, ethnicity, the mythological land motif, the discourse of anxiety, gendered language, and Mamet's vision of America, providing insights and perpectives on the theatricality, originality, and universality of the work. Also includes an interview with Sam Mendes. No index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

The Cryptogram

The Cryptogram
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 68
Release: 1995
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822214953

THE STORY: A young boy, John, comes downstairs to tell about his upcoming trip with his dad to the family friend, Dell. Mother, Donnie, is in the kitchen making tea. Soon the three are discussing the excitement of the trip, why John can't sleep, an