Oleanna
by David Mamet

Oleanna Book Cover
Oleanna Cover

Synopsis

"An ear for reproducing everyday language has long been David Mamet's hallmark and he has now employed it to skewer the dogmatic, puritannical streak which has become commonplace on and off the campus.

With Oleanna he continues an exploration of male-female conflicts begun with Sexual Perversity in Chicago in 1974.

Oleanna cogently demonstrates that when free thought and dialogue are imperilled, nobody wins."

(Michael Wise, Independent) In Oleanna "John and Carol go to it with hand-to hand combat that amounts to a primal struggle for power.

As usual with Mamet, the vehicle for that combat is crackling, highly distilled dialogue unencumbered by literary frills or phony theatrical ones."

(Frank Rich, International Herald Tribune)

Themes

Performance

Cast

A small cast size of 2 total roles, 1 female and 1 male roles.

Publication

Publisher
Methuen
Year Published
2001
ISBN 10
0413626202
ISBN 13
9780413626202
Binding
Paperback
Edition
First edition
Print Length
96 pages
Place Published
London
Language
English
Print
Oleanna is a American play written by and published by Methuen in London, 2001. The print edition has an ISBN-13 of 9780413626202 and an ISBN-10 of 0413626202.
Digital
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