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Writing in Restaurants by David Mamet (1987, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Writing in Restaurants, Paperback by Mamet, David, ISBN 0140089810, ISBN-13 9780140089813, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The playwright writes about himself, the theater, acting, movies, poker playing, middle-class fashion, advertising, and other topics
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100140089810
ISBN-139780140089813
eBay Product ID (ePID)49008
Product Key Features
Book TitleWriting in Restaurants
Number of Pages176 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicTheater / General, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Composition & Creative Writing
Publication Year1987
GenrePerforming Arts, Language Arts & Disciplines, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorDavid Mamet
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight5.3 Oz
Item Length7.7 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN87-010504
Dewey Edition19
Reviews"Essays in direct line from Stanislavsky, Chekhov, Shaw, and Brecht" —Mike Nichols " Writing in Restaurants is rich with anecdotes . . . composed in precise mellifluous language." — The Philadelphia Inquirer "Passion, clarity, commitment, intelligence—just what one would expect from Mamet" —Sidney Lumet "Graceful, forceful, hortatory essays of a profoundly moral writer of our time" —Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune, "Essays in direct line from Stanislavsky, Chekhov, Shaw, and Brecht" --Mike Nichols " Writing in Restaurants is rich with anecdotes . . . composed in precise mellifluous language." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "Passion, clarity, commitment, intelligence--just what one would expect from Mamet" --Sidney Lumet "Graceful, forceful, hortatory essays of a profoundly moral writer of our time" --Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune "Among the themes explored are why radio is a great training ground for writers, theater as an arena for dreams and the subconscious, Tennessee Williams's dramatic mission, and the craze for fashion as a symptom of the middle class's sterile lifestyle and loss of the ability to fantasize." -- Publishers Weekly, "Essays in direct line from Stanislavsky, Chekhov, Shaw, and Brecht" --Mike Nichols " Writing in Restaurants is rich with anecdotes . . . composed in precise mellifluous language." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer "Passion, clarity, commitment, intelligence--just what one would expect from Mamet" --Sidney Lumet "Graceful, forceful, hortatory essays of a profoundly moral writer of our time" --Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Grade ToUP
Dewey Decimal814/.54
Table Of ContentWriting in RestaurantsPreface Acknowledgments I. Writing in Restaurants Capture-the-Flag, Monotheism, and the Techniques of Arbitration A National Dream-Life Radio Drama A Tradition of the Theater as Art First Principles Stanislavsky and the American Bicentennial An Unhappy Family Some Thoughts on Writing in Restaurants II. Exuvial Magic Exuvial Magic: An Essay Concerning Fashion True Stories of Bitches Notes for a Catalog for Raymond Saunders Decadence A Family Vacation Semantic Chickens Chicago On Paul Ickovic's Photographs A Playwright in Hollywood Oscars Pool Halls Things I Have Learned Playing Poker on the Hill III. Life in the Theater Epitaph for Tennessee Williams Regarding A Life in the Theater Concerning The Water Engine Decay: Some Thoughts for Actors, Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture, Harvard, February 10, 1986 Notes on The Cherry Orchard Acting Realism Against Amplification Address to the American Theater Critics Convention at the Tyrone Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 25, 1978 Observations of a Backstage Wife
Synopsis"Essays in direct line from Stanislavsky, Chekhov, Shaw, and Brecht" --Mike Nichols A collection of essays from Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Mamet adressing many issues in contemporary American theater Temporarily putting aside his role as playwright, director, and screen-writer, David Mamet digs deep and delivers thirty outrageously diverse vignettes. On subjects ranging from the vanishing American pool hall, family vacations, and the art of being a bitch, to the role of today's actor, his celebrated contemporaries and predecessors, and his undying commitment to the theater, David Mamet's concise style, lean dialogue, and gut-wrenching honesty give us a unique view of the world as he sees it.
LC Classification NumberPS3563.A4345W7 1987
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