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David Mamet
Full Length, Drama
3m, 2f
Ints.
In these three short plays, middle-aged Bobby Gould returns to the old neighborhood in a series of encounters with his past that, however briefly, opens windows on his present. In The Disappearance of the Jews, Bobby and an old buddy fantasize about finding themselves in a nostalgic shtetl paradise while revealing how lost they are in their own families. In the comfort of her kitchen, Bobby's sister Jolly unscrolls a list of childhood grievances that is at once painful and hilarious. And the old girlfriend in Deeny, faced with a man show once loved, finds herself obsessively free-associating on gardening, sex, and subatomic particles. "Heart piercing...In this triptych of short, searing plays, the author of American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross has created his most emotionally accessible drama to date...The words, and the pauses between them, lay bare the roots of raw wistfulness and fearfulness...The play demands a concentrated willingness to listen. If you can give it that, you will find the rewards are great."-The New York Times "A funny, moving evening in the theatre thoughtful, provocative, and making demands of empathy and feeling as uncommon on Broadway as they are welcome."-New York Post "This is Mamet unplugged...What we have, in essence, are three dialogues. And Mamet is, of course, a virtuoso of dialogue."-New York Daily News "Blistering, highly charged theatre."-Associated Press
FEE: $100 per performance.
Slightly Restricted Read more about Mamet: David Mamet: A Life in the Theatre
Other David Mamet titles available from Samuel French include:
American BuffaloBobby Gould in Hell The Cherry Orchard Dark Pony The Disappearance of the Jews Dramatic Sketches and Monologues Duck Variations EdmondThe Frog Prince Glengarry Glen Ross Goldberg Street Keep Your Pantheon Lakeboat A Life in the TheatreThe Luftmensch Mr. Happiness November The Poet and the Rent RaceReunion Reunion: Three Plays by David Mamet The Sanctity of Marriage Sexual Perversity in Chicago SchoolThe Shawl Speed the Plow SquirrelsUncle Vanya (Adaptation) The Water Engine The Woods
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