Speed-the-plow
by David Mamet

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Synopsis

Full Length Dramatic Comedy / 2m 1f / 2 ints.

Revived on Broadway in 2008 the original production starred Joe Mantegna Ron Silver and Madonna in this hilarious satire of Hollywood a culture as corrupt as the society it claims to reflect.

Charlie Fox has a terrific vehicle for a currently hot client.

Bringing the script to his friend Bobby Gould the newly appointed Head of Production at a major studio both see the work as their ticket to the Big Time.

The star wants to do it; as they pre

Press Reviews

"Hilarious and chilling."

— The New York Times

"Mamet's clearest, wittiest play."

— New York Daily News

"I laughed and laughed. The play is crammed with wonderful, dazzling, brilliant lines."

— New York Post

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Publisher Samuel French
Year 2010
Binding Paperback
Edition First Edition
Pages 82
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573690815
ISBN-10 0573690812
LCCN 90152944
LCC PS3563.A4345 S64 1989
DCC 812/.54

Speed-the-plow is a British comedy play written by David Mamet and published by Samuel French in New York (2010).

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