The purpose of theater, like magic, like religion . . . is to inspire cleansing awe. What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? David Mamet, one of our greatest living...

The Duck Variations is a dialogue between two old men sitting on a park bench. The conversation turns to the mating habits of ducks, but soon begins to reveal their feelings about natural law, friendship, and death. New York magazine has...

A masterclass on the art of directing from the Pulitzer Prize-winning (and Oscar and Tony-nominated) writer of Glengarry Glen Ross, Speed the Plow, The Verdict, and Wag the DogCalling on his unique perspective as playwright,...

One of our most brilliantly iconoclastic playwrights takes on the art of profession of acting with these words: invent nothing, deny nothing, speak up, stand up, stay out of school. Acting schools, "interpretation," "sense memory," "The...

Calls for nothing less than the death of the director and the end of acting theory. This title is suitable for students, teacher, and directors, who crave a blast of fresh air in a world that can be insular and fearful of change. von...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!?Savagery appeased can only grow. Once you give in to it, it must escalate, like a fire searching for air.?The man who won the Pulitzer Prize for GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS, who wrote the classic films THE VERDICT and...

In "Writing in Restaurants", der preisgekrönte Dramatiker David Mamet teilt seine Ansichten und Erfahrungen über das Schreiben, Theater und die Gesellschaft. Das Buch ist eine Sammlung von Essays, in denen er seine Gedanken über...

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A new play from Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet. von Mamet, David

A big-shouldered, big-trouble thriller set in mobbed-up 1920s Chicago-a city where some people knew too much, and where everyone should have known better-by the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of The Untouchables and Pulitzer Prize-winning...

Chicago in den Zwanzigerjahren des vorigen Jahrhunderts: Gangs kontrollieren die gesamte Stadt und liefern sich erbitterte Kämpfe um ihr Territorium. Mittendrin Mike Hodge, Lokalreporter der Chicago Tribune. Wobei Mike vortrefflich...

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