The Cambridge Companion to David Mamet

Offering both student and theatergoer a guide to one of the most celebrated living American dramatists, this volume covers the complete range of Mamet's writing, as well as his films, such as The Verdict and Wag the Dog. Additional chapters also explore Mamet and acting, Mamet as director, his fiction, and a survey of Mamet criticism. The Companion will prepare the reader for future work by this important and influential writer.

An accessible introduction to the work of David Mamet
Christopher Bigsby is a major scholar of contemporary American drama and is also editor of The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller
Specially written essays by both practitioners in the field and theatre historians offer a fresh perspective on Mamet

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"...cogently written...Recommended." J. Fisher, Wabash College, CHOICE

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Published: July 2004
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780521815574
Length: 268 pages
Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 19 mm
Weight: 0.57kg
Availability: Available

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Contents

List of contributors
Preface
1. David Mamet Christopher Bigsby
2. The 1970s Johan Callens
3. David Mamet's American Buffalo Matthew Roudané
4. The 1980s Alain Piette
5. Glengarry Glen Ross Benedict Nightingale
6. The 1990s Heather Braun
7. Oleanna: tragic power play Brenda Murphy
8. Mamet and the actor Don B. Wilmeth
9. On directing Mamet Steven Price
10. David Mamet and film Philip French
11. David Mamet's fiction Christopher Bigsby
12. Misreading Mamet: scholarship and reviews David Sauer and Janice A. Sauer
Index.

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Christopher Bigsby, Johan Callens, Matthew Roudané, Alain Piette, Benedict Nightingale, Heather Braun, Brenda Murphy, Don B. Wilmeth, Steven Price, Philip French, David Sauer, Janice A. Sauer

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Christopher Bigsby , University of East Anglia
Christopher Bigsby is Professor of American Studies at the University of East Anglia and has published more than twenty-five books covering American theatre, popular culture and British drama, including Modern American Drama, 1945–1990 (Cambridge University Press, 2000), and Contemporary American Playwrights (Cambridge University Press, 2000). He is editor of The Cambridge Companion to Arthur Miller and coeditor, with Don Wilmeth, of The Cambridge History of American Theatre. He is also an award-winning novelist and regular radio and television broadcaster.

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