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Writing In Restaurants
[Paperback - 1987]
david mamet
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Publisher: Penguin Books | ISBN: 9780140089813 | Pages: 176
Shipping Weight: .149 | Dimensions: 5.11 x .47 x 7.7 inches

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"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.

About the Author

David Alan Mamet is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for his exploration of masculinity.As a playwright, he received Tony nominations forGlengarry Glen Ross(1984) andSpeed-the-Plow(1988). As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations forThe Verdict(1982) andWag the Dog(1997).Mamet's recent books includeThe Old Religion(1997), a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank;Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy(2004), a Torah commentary, with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner;The Wicked Son(2006), a study of Jewish self-hatred and antisemitism; andBambi vs. Godzilla, an acerbic commentary on the movie business.

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