The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet

The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet
Author: Steven Price
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2008-09-09
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1137050330

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.

Homicide

Homicide
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic
Total Pages: 152
Release: 1992
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN:

Bobby Gold is a smooth-talking Jewish homicide detective. He is annoyed when he becoems involved in a routine investigation into the murder of an elderly Jewish woman in a black ghetto. He is more interested in a high-profile murder case that he nd his partner are on the verge of breaking. But the old woman's murder draws him into a world of anti-Semitism and Jewish terrorism, where his loyalties are blurred, and he is forced to confront his own attitudes about being Jewish.

Plays

Plays
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Total Pages: 312
Release: 1996
Genre: Drama
ISBN:

A selection of plays by the American playwrigth David Mamet.

House of Games

House of Games
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 102
Release: 1987
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 9780802130280

House of Games is a psychological thriller in which a young woman psychiatrist falls prey to an elaborate and ingenious con game by one of her patients who entraps her in a series of criminal escapades. Ties in with movie to be released in September. 8 pages of black-and-white photographs.

Short Plays and Monologues

Short Plays and Monologues
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Total Pages: 88
Release: 1981
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822207207

These seven imaginative short theatre pieces by one of America's most inventive and highly regarded playwrights range widely in content, mood and style. The plays offer a stimulating challenge in terms of selecting, arranging, and mounting the diverse com

Oleanna

Oleanna
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2012-03-28
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 030781761X

In a terrifyingly short time, a male college instructor and his female student descend from a discussion of her grades into a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between a somewhat fatuous teacher and his seemingly hapless pupil turns into a fiendishly accurate X ray of the mechanisms of power, censorship, and abuse.

On Directing Film

On Directing Film
Author: David Mamet
Publisher:
Total Pages: 107
Release: 1991
Genre: Motion pictures
ISBN: 9780571165490

From his perspective as playwright, screenwriter and director, David Mamet provides insights into how a film comes to be. He looks at aspects of directing - from script to cutting room - to reveal the many tasks directors undertake in order to present a story that is understood by the audience.

Writing in Restaurants

Writing in Restaurants
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 177
Release: 1987-10-01
Genre: Performing Arts
ISBN: 0140089810

"Essays in direct line from Stanislavsky, Chekhov, Shaw, and Brecht" —Mike Nichols A collection of essays from Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Mamet adressing many issues in contemporary American theater Temporarily putting aside his role as playwright, director, and screen-writer, David Mamet digs deep and delivers thirty outrageously diverse vignettes. On subjects ranging from the vanishing American pool hall, family vacations, and the art of being a bitch, to the role of today's actor, his celebrated contemporaries and predecessors, and his undying commitment to the theater, David Mamet's concise style, lean dialogue, and gut-wrenching honesty give us a unique view of the world as he sees it.

Bambi Vs. Godzilla

Bambi Vs. Godzilla
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Pantheon
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2007
Genre: Motion picture industry
ISBN: 0375422536

An exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from an award-winning playwright and screenwriter. Mamet is unafraid to offend as he provides a hilarious, surprising, and bracingly honest look at every aspect of film making.

A Life in the Theatre

A Life in the Theatre
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Grove Press
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1978
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780802150677

In a series of scenes we see two actors - a seasoned pofessional and a novice - backstage and onstage going through a cycle of roles and an entire wardrobe of costumes.