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An Interview

Short Play, Dark Comedy  /  2m

David Mamet

David Mamet’s An Interview is an oblique, mystifying interrogation. A sleazy lawyer is forced to answer difficult questions and to admit the truth about his life and career...

Part of the one-act collection, Death Defying Acts.

An Interview

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    30 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Parody / Spoof
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences
Accolades
Accolades
  • 1995 Outer Critics Circle Award Nomination for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play. 

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Summary
David Mamet’s An Interview is an oblique, mystifying interrogation. A sleazy lawyer is forced to answer difficult questions and to admit the truth about his life and career. The why and where of the interrogation provide a surprise ending to this brilliant twenty minute comedy.
History
An Interview premiered in a series of three new one-acts titled Death Defying Acts at Variety Arts Theatre in 1995, under the direction of Michael Blakemore. 
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THE ATTORNEY
THE ATTENDANT
  • Time Period Contemporary, Present Day
  • Setting An interrogation room. 
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No intermission
  • Duration 30 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Mild Adult Themes

Media

“A wealth of laughter.” - Newsday 

“Lighter than air, an elegant diversion.” - The New York Times

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size N/A (Not a musical)

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  • Minimum Fee: $75 per performance

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Authors

David Mamet

David Mamet
David Mamet is the author of the plays: Race, Keep Your Pantheon, School, November, Romance, Boston Marriage, Faustus, Oleanna, Glengarry Glen Ross (1984 Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics Circle Award), American Buffalo, The Old Neighborhood, A Life in the Theatre, Sp ...
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