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ISBN 978-0-573-69836-1David MametDrama3m, 1fInteriorMultiple Award-winning playwright/director David Mamet tackles America’s most controversial topic in a provocative new tale of sex, guilt and bold accusations.Two lawyers find themselves defending a wealthy white executive charged with raping a black woman. When a new legal assistant gets involved in the case, the opinions that boil beneath explode to the surface. When David Mamet turns the spotlight on what we think but can’t say, dangerous truths are revealed, and no punches are spared. ”Scapel-edged intelligence!” -New York Times”Provocative and profane!” –NY-1 “Mamet is most concerned with the power and treachery of language: a line of dialogue vital to the prosecution case is cynically rewritten by the defense. Mamet's larger contention is that attempts to create a more equal and tolerant society have made race an unsayable word…brilliantly contrives here a moment in which the single most taboo sexual expletive is ignored by an audience which then gasps at the word "black"…Mamet remains American theatre's most urgent five-letter word.” -The GuardianIntellectually salacious…Gripping…rapid-fire Mametian style…Mamet’s new play argues, everything in America — and this play throws sex, rape, the law, employment and relationships into its 90 minutes of stage wrangling — is still about race.” -Chcago Tribune”There is intrigue within intrigue, showing how personal prejudice and individual missteps govern the course of things…Mamet adroitly mixes comic darts with tragic arrows.” -Bloomberg NewsFEE: $100 per performance[Performance licensing rights may be restricted in your area. Please, email info@samuelfrench.com for up-to-date licensing information and availability.]Character Descriptions:
JACK LAWSON and CHARLES STRICKLAND – Two white men in their forties.
HENRY BROWN – A black man in his forties.
SUSAN – A black woman in her twenties.
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. HappinessNovember The Old Neighborhood The Poet and the Rent Reunion Reunion: Three Plays by David Mamet The Sanctity of Marriage Sexual Perversity in Chicago SchoolThe Shawl Speed the Plow Squirrels Uncle Vanya (Adaptation) The Water Engine The Woods
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