Mamet Plays: 1: Duck Variations; Sexual Perversity in Chicago; Squirrels; American Buffalo; The Water Engine; Mr Happiness
Author: Mamet, David
ISBN: 9780413645906
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 01 Aug 2006
Pages: 352 Format: Paperback / softback
'Duck Variations- ''A brilliant little play.about two old men sitting on a park bench discussing ducks'' (Guardian); Sexual Perversity in Chicago, ''bar-room banter and sexual exploits in Mamet''s home town sweet sad understanding and utterly believable'' (Chicago Daily News); ''Squirrels is a sequence of philosophising between a younger writer, an older writer and a cleaning lady which memorably captures the agony of the creative process'' (Daily Telegraph); American Buffalo, one of Mamet''s most famous plays, is set in a junk shop where 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. The Water Engine is a propulsive, kaleidoscopic nightmare and Mr Happiness is a short ironic monologue by a Radio DJ commenting on the letters from his listeners.'
ISBN: 9780413645906
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Year first published: 01 Aug 2006
Pages: 352 Format: Paperback / softback
'Duck Variations- ''A brilliant little play.about two old men sitting on a park bench discussing ducks'' (Guardian); Sexual Perversity in Chicago, ''bar-room banter and sexual exploits in Mamet''s home town sweet sad understanding and utterly believable'' (Chicago Daily News); ''Squirrels is a sequence of philosophising between a younger writer, an older writer and a cleaning lady which memorably captures the agony of the creative process'' (Daily Telegraph); American Buffalo, one of Mamet''s most famous plays, is set in a junk shop where 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. The Water Engine is a propulsive, kaleidoscopic nightmare and Mr Happiness is a short ironic monologue by a Radio DJ commenting on the letters from his listeners.'
