Plays
by David Mamet

Plays Book Cover
Plays Cover

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Readers appreciate the authenticity of the dialogue in Mamet's plays, highlighting his skill in capturing realistic character interactions and interruptions. However, the general feelings towards the individual plays are mixed, with some reviewers expressing disappointment in certain works.

Authentic dialogue Realistic character interactions Mixed feelings on certain plays

Synopsis

'The finest American playwright of his generation' (Sunday Times) Reunion shows the meeting between a father and daughter after nearly twenty years of separation- 'It would be hard to over-praise the way Mr Mamet suggests behind the probing, joshing family chat, an extraordinary sense of pain and loss

although the play has a strong social comment about the destructively cyclical effect of divorce, it is neither sour nor defeatist' (Guardian); In Dark Play, 'a father tells his five-year-old daughter a story about an Indian boy and his pony a subtle, lyrical, dreamlike vignette' (Star Tribune); in The Woods, 'a young man and woman spend the night in a cabin together a beautifully conceived love story' (Chicago Daily News); Lakeboat portrays eight crew members of a merchant ship exchanging wild fantasies about sex, gambling and violence 'Richly overheard talk.loopy, funny construction'.

(Village Voice); Edmond is an odyssey through the disturbing, suspended dark void of a contemporary New York 'it is also a technically adventurous piece pared brilliantly to the bone, highly theatrical in its scenic elisions.' (Financial Times)''

Publication

Publisher Methuen
Year 1996
Binding Paperback
Pages 256
Language English
ISBN-13 9780413687401
ISBN-10 0413687406

Plays is a American play written by David Mamet and published by Methuen (1996).

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