BOOKS by David Mamet

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1	Glengarry Glen Ross more books like this by David Mamet Winner of the 1984 Pulitzer Prize, David Mamet's scalding comedy is about small-time, cutthroat real esate salesmen trying to grind out a living by pushing plots of land on reluctant buyers in a never-ending scramble for their fair share of the American dream. Here is Mamet at his very best, writing with brutal power about the tough life of tough ... see all copies from £5.07! new only from £5.07! \| first editions
2	Cherry Orchard more books like this by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov see all copies from £1.38! new only from £1.38! \| first editions
3	True and False: Heresy and Common Sense for the Actor more books like this by David Mamet A guide to the acting profession by a leading American playwright. He advises aspiring actors on topics such as judging a role, approaching the part, working with the playwright, undertaking auditions, and the relationship with agents and the business in general. see all copies from £7.59! new only from £7.68! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	On directing film more books like this by David Mamet From his perspective as playwright, screenwriter and director of his own films "House of Games" and "Things Change", David Mamet provides insights into how a film comes to be. He looks at every aspect from directing - from script to cutting room - to reveal the many tasks directors undertake in researching their prime objective: presenting a story ... see all copies from £9.59! new only from £9.59! \| first editions
5	Speed-The-Plow: A Play more books like this by David Mamet Speed-the-Plow's Broadway run is the most recent triumph of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's astonishingly productive career. "By turns hilarious and chilling....the culmination of this playwright's work to date....Riveting theater."-Frank Rich, New York Times; "A brilliant black comedy, a dazzling dissection of Hollywood cupidity and another ... see all copies from £5.83! new only from £9.01! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	Oleanna more books like this by David Mamet "An ear for reproducing everyday language has long been David Mamet's hallmark and he has now employed it to skewer the dogmatic, puritannical streak which has become commonplace on and off the campus. With Oleanna he continues an exploration of male-female conflicts begun with Sexual Perversity in Chicago in 1974. Oleanna cogently demonstrates ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £5.52! \| first editions
7	Writing in Restaurants more books like this by David Mamet see all copies from £1.38! new only from £8.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
8	American Buffalo more books like this by David Mamet "The finest American playwright of his generation" (Sunday Times) A junk shop. Three small-time crooks plot to carry out the midnight robbery of a coin collection. In the hours leading up to the heist, friendship becomes the victim in a conflict between loyalty and business."This play is a parable about the US - not in the journalistic way but ... see all copies from £6.15! new only from £6.15! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	The Wicked Son: Anti-Semitism, Self-Hatred, and the Jews more books like this by David Mamet From the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, filmmaker, essayist, and novelist comes a scathing look at one of the most destructive and tenacious forces in contemporary life. see all copies from £6.21! new only from £6.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama more books like this by David Mamet see all copies from £4.14! new only from £4.14! \| first editions
11 view cover	Oleanna: A Play more books like this by David Mamet This play, first produced in 1992 at the height of America's national debate about sexual harassment, investigates the relationship between power and language as it develops between a male professor on the verge of winning tenure and closing a deal on a house, and his female student, who comes to see him for help with her work. A series of ... see all copies from £6.21! new only from £6.91! \| first editions
12 view cover	Bambi Vs. Godzilla: On the Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business more books like this by David Mamet In BAMBI VS. GODZILLA, David Mamet, the award-winning playwright and screenwriter, gives us an exhilaratingly subversive inside look at Hollywood from the perspective of a film-maker who has always played the game his own way. Who really reads scripts at the film studios? How is a screenplay like a personals ad? Whose opinion matters when revising ... see all copies from £5.83! new only from £7.12! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	Wilson: A Consideration of the Sources more books like this by David Mamet David Mamet's novel is a futurist fantasy about a world without literature--or even pop culture--and about the attempts to get it back. see all copies from £2.01! new only from £2.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia more books like this by Lutz Kleveman A journalist visits Central Asia to assess the real reasons behind American adventurism in that region, and determines that oil is indeed a major factor. Kleveman portrays the major players and rivalries as well as the risks and strategies, which include a probable oil pipeline whose route would run from Turkmenistan through Afghanistan to the ... see all copies from £2.97! new only from £7.10! \| first editions
15 view cover	Make-Believe Town: Essays and Remembrances more books like this by David Mamet see all copies from £1.87! new only from £7.03! \| signed copies \| first editions
16 view cover	The Old Religion more books like this by David Mamet Set in the American Deep South in 1914, and based on a true story, this is a twisted and vicious tale of race, religion and sex, in which an innocent Jewish man is accused and found guilty of a terrible crime. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £5.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
17 view cover	Sexual Perversity in Chicago & the Duck Variations more books like this by David Mamet 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 called The Duck Variations "a gorgeously written, wonderfully observant piece whose timing and atmosphere are ... see all copies from £6.19! new only from £8.19! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Boston Marriage more books like this by David Mamet One of America's most revered and provocative dramatists, David Mamet conquers new territory with this droll comedy of errors set in a Victorian drawing room. Anna and Claire are two bantering, scheming ladies of fashion who have long lived together on the fringes of upper-class society. Anna has just become the mistress of a wealthy man, from ... see all copies from £6.00! new only from £6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	House of Games: A Screenplay more books like this by David Mamet House of Games is a psychological thriller in which a young woman psychiatrist falls prey to an elaborate and ingenious con game by one of her patients who entraps her in a series of criminal escapades. Ties in with movie to be released in September. 8 pages of black-and-white photographs. see all copies from £2.03! new only from £6.21! \| signed copies \| first editions
20	Some freaks more books like this by David Mamet A new collection of prose writings from the author of "Writing in Restaurants". Mamet discusses his parallel experience in cinema as screenwriter ("The Untouchables") and writer-director ("House of Games"). There are also pieces on being a Jew, politics, acting and Disneyland. see all copies from £1.38! new only from £2.83! \| signed copies \| first editions
21 view cover	The Village more books like this by David Mamet The playwright David Mamet's first novel features a remote New England community full of dark undercurrents and brooding silences. The village emerges as a place of complexity and mystery, humour and strength - and becomes as much of a character as the individuals who inhabit it. see all copies from £2.56! new only from £4.97! \| signed copies \| first editions
22 view cover	The Old Neighborhood more books like this by David Mamet This book includes three short plays--"The Disappearance of the Jews," "Jolly," and "Deeny." In the first, two friends recall their past and imagine a better life as they realize they aren't happy in their own lives and families. see all copies from £7.59! new only from £8.56! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Cherry Orchard Cherry Orchard more books like this by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, David Mamet Mamet discusses the real theme of Chekhov's play and presents his own version of the story in which a Russian aristocratic family is forced to sell its estate to the son of a peasant. see all copies from £5.52! new only from £8.56!
24 view cover	The Actor's Art and Craft: William Esper Teaches the Meisner Technique more books like this by William Esper, Damon DiMarco, David Mamet (Foreword by) A master teacher gives actors everywhere the benefit of his vast experience, helping them to build up a solid foundation of skills they can use to create characters with truthful and compelling inner lives. see all copies from £9.57! new only from £9.57!
25 view cover	Goldberg Street: Short Plays and Monologues more books like this by David Mamet This book comprises 32 one acts and monologues, including the seven "Vermont Sketches;" "Goldberg Street;" "The Spanish Prisoner;" and "The Blue Hour." Mamet called them "emotional meal tickets which would allow me to get through a day not consecrated to some major (longer) project and still think of myself as a writer," but he also considered ... see all copies from £5.52! new only from £6.11! \| signed copies \| first editions

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