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The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet Steven Price

The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet By Steven Price

The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet by Steven Price


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Summary

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.

The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet Summary

The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet by Steven Price

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.

About Steven Price

STEVEN PRICE is Lecturer in English at the University of Wales, Bangor, UK.

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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NLS9780230555358
9780230555358
0230555357
The Plays, Screenplays and Films of David Mamet by Steven Price
New
Paperback
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
2008-09-09
192
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