David Mamet - $18.60 - Nadel, Ira - 9780312293444

David Mamet
A Life in the Theatre
Nadel, Ira
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BOOK SUMMARY
Author, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter, David Mamet is often referred to as the quintessential American writer. His works are known for their clever and terse dialogue and have earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross and Oscar nominati

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BOOK SYNOPSIS
Author, essayist, playwright, and screenwriter, David Mamet is often referred to as the quintessential American writer. His works are known for their clever and terse dialogue and have earned him a Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross and Oscar nominations for House of Games as well as The Spanish Prisoner, Wag the Dog, and The Verdict.Â This comprehensive biography uses extensive theater and film archives to reveal in detail his ideas on writing--including the genesis for many of his plays--acting, and directing. Beginning with his Chicago origins, the work goes on to cover his relationship to Judaism, his reputation for machismo, as well as discussions of and excerpts from early plays and stories that have never before been referenced in print. Also included are interviews with key actors and directors such as William H. Macy, Mike Nussbaum, Robert Brustein, and Neil Pepe.

AUTHOR BIO
Ira Nadel is a well-known critic and biographer. The author of the acclaimed Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen and Tom Stoppard. He is currently a professor of English at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
City of Fact * South of the Northeast Kingdom * Off-Loop * South Side Gypsy * The American Way * Soldier of Fortune * A Jew in the Nineties * Kickass or Kissass * Coda: Boxing with Brecht City of Fact * South of the Northeast Kingdom * Off-Loop * South Side Gypsy * The American Way * Soldier of Fortune * A Jew in the Nineties * Book of Games * Arcade Amusement

BOOK REVIEWS
Praise for Ira Nadel:"Readers may find themselves swept away." --American Theatre
"Nadel ...has written what will surely be the standard account for some years to come."--Weekly Standard
"The best and most complete Stoppard biography available, this is a no-brainer acquisition."--Library Journal
"Ira Nadel lifts the lid on this most brilliant of living playwrights...Mr. Nadel clearly knows his subject."--New York Sun
"His work is always scrupulous and exhaustive, coming alive."--Book Magazine
"This new biography is a superb introduction to both the dramatist and his life and a study of how the two often intersect."--Richmond Times-Dispatch

MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0312293445
ISBN(13-digit): 9780312293444
Dewey Decimal: 812/.54
Library of Congress: 2007024287
Book Publisher: St Martins Pr
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 278

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