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Speed The Plow

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Speed The Plow
Authors and Contributors      By (author) David Mamet
SeriesModern Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:96
Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129
Category/GenrePlays, playscripts
ISBN/Barcode 9780413192806
ClassificationsDewey:812.54
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint Methuen Drama
Publication Date 9 February 1989
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

"The finest American playwright of his generation" (Sunday Times) Speed-the-Plow sees two old-time movie collaborators manipulate the aspirations of a young woman who will do anything to attain her dream of success in "a brilliant black comedy, a dazzling dissection of Hollywood cupidity." (Newsweek)

Author Biography

David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director.

Reviews

David Mamet's Speed-The-Plow is infinitely more than a brutal satire on Hollywood. It is a study of male panic and the denial of redemptive grace. Michael Billington - Guardian Sitting through a David Mamet play is like being caught in a sudden shower of verbal broken glass. The dialogue is so sharp that it slices the senses and there is an iciness to the darkness of the humour his sheer skill with language makes for commanding power. Daily Express