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David Mamet

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Glengarry, Glen Ross Summary

David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross was first presented at the small Cottlesloe Theatre of the Royal National Theatre, in London, England, on September 21, 1983. The critics gave the play strongly positive reviews and the production played to sold-out audiences. It was later awarded the Society of West End Theatres Award (similar to the American "Tony" Award) as best new play. The American premier of Glengarry Glen Ross took place at Chicago's Goodman Theatre on...

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David Mamet Biographies (3)

David Alan Mamet

1,602 words, approx. 6 pages

Playwright and screenwriter David Mamet is highly praised for his accurate rendering of American vernacular, through which he explores the relationship between language and behavior. Born in Chicago, ... Read more

David (Alan) Mamet

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"In this country of incessant obbligatos accompanying all activity--music in offices, and elevators, tapes in cars, radios in restaurants--Mamet has heard the ultimate Muzak, the dissonant din of peop... Read more

David Mamet

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David Mamet was born and raised in Chicago. "We have some strange local mythology. No Chicagoan makes gangster jokes or thinks of the City as particularly violent (which it isn't). (Al Capone did say,... Read more

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Critical Essay by David Worster

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Critical Review by Stanley Kauffmann

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Glengarry Glen Ross

781 words, approx. 3 pages

Stuck" "Whether it is nobler to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing, end them." No other craftsman has so eloquently put it as... Read more

Review of the Play Glengarry Glen Ross

718 words, approx. 3 pages

Glengarry Glen Ross is a play about an office of real-estate salesmen in Chicago and an amazing day in their lives. It was written by the playwright David Mamet. The first thing that I had noticed... Read more

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