Mamet Plays: 1

Duck Variations: "A brilliant little play...about two old men sitting on a park bench discussing ducks" (Guardian); Sexual Perversity in Chicago, bar-room banter and sexual exploits in Mamet's home town "sweet sad understanding and utterly believable" (Chicago Daily News); Squirrels is a sequence of philosophising between a younger writer, an older writer and a cleaning lady which "memorably captures the agony of the creative process" (Daily Telegraph); American Buffalo, one of Mamet's most famous plays, is set in a junk shop where Three small-time crooks plot to carry out the midnight robbery of a coin collection - in the hours leading up to the heist, friendship becomes the victim in a conflict between loyalty and business. The Water Engine is "a propulsive, kaleidoscopic nightmare" and Mr Happiness is a short ironic monologue by a Radio DJ commenting on the letters from his listeners.

Autorentext

David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director.

Zusammenfassung
Duck Variations: &quote;A brilliant little play...about two old men sitting on a park bench discussing ducks&quote; (Guardian); Sexual Perversity in Chicago, bar-room banter and sexual exploits in Mamet's home town &quote;sweet sad understanding and utterly believable&quote; (Chicago Daily News); Squirrels is a sequence of philosophising between a younger writer, an older writer and a cleaning lady which &quote;memorably captures the agony of the creative process&quote; (Daily Telegraph); American Buffalo, one of Mamet's most famous plays, is set in a junk shop where Three small-time crooks plot to carry out the midnight robbery of a coin collection - in the hours leading up to the heist, friendship becomes the victim in a conflict between loyalty and business. The Water Engine is &quote;a propulsive, kaleidoscopic nightmare&quote; and Mr Happiness is a short ironic monologue by a Radio DJ commenting on the letters from his listeners.

Inhalt

Duck Variations; Sexual Perversity in Chicago; Squirrels; American Buffalo; The Water Engine; etc