David Mamet
Author of Glengarry Glen Ross: A Play
About the Author
David Mamet, November 30, 1947 - David Mamet was born on November 30, 1947 in Flossmoor, Illinois. He attended Goddard College in Vermont and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York. He began his career as an actor and a director, but soon turned to playwriting. He won acclaim in show more 1976 with three Off-Broadway plays, "The Duck Variations," "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" and "American Buffalo." His work became known for it's strong male characters and the description of the decline of morality in the world. In 1984, Mamet received the Pulitzer Prize in Literature for his play, "Glengarry Glen Ross." In 1981, before he received the Pulitzer, Mamet tried his hand at screenwriting. he started by adapting "The Postman Always Rings Twice," and then adapting his own "Glengarry Glen Ross" as well as writing "The Untouchables" and Wag the Dog." He also taught at Goddard College, Yale Drama School and New York University. Mamet won the Jefferson Award in 1974, the Obie Award in 1976 and 1983, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1977 and 1984, the Outer Circle Award in 1978, the Society of West End Theater Award in 1983, The Pulitzer Prize in 1984, The Dramatists Guild Hall-Warriner Award in 1984, and American Academy Award in 1986 and a Tony Award in 1987. He is considered to be one of the greatest artists in his field. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Works by David Mamet
Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, and Deuteronomy (2003) — Author — 60 copies
Plays: "Duck Variations", "Sexual Perversity in Chicago", "Squirrels", "American Buffalo", "The Water Engine",… (1994) 50 copies
Five Television Plays: A Waitress in Yellowstone; Bradford; The Museum of Science and Industry Story; A Wasted Weekend;… (1994) 27 copies
David Mamet Plays: 2 "Reunion", "Dark Pony", "A Life in the Theatre", "The Woods", "Lakeboat", "Edmond" (Methuen World… (1996) 22 copies
Uncle Vanya: Adapted from the play by Anton Chekhov [1991] — Author — 18 copies
Sexual Perversity in Chicago 6 copies
Yes But So What 4 copies
Twelve Angry Men 3 copies
Everywhere an Oink Oink: An Embittered, Dyspeptic, and Accurate Report of Forty Years in Hollywood (2023) 3 copies
Phil Spector 2 copies
Epilogue 2 copies
Vermont 2 copies
The Power Outage 2 copies
Mr. Happiness 2 copies
Cross Patch 2 copies
Two Conversations 2 copies
Two Scenes 2 copies
Conversations with the Spirit World 2 copies
Pint's a Pound the World Around 2 copies
Dowsing 2 copies
Deer Dogs 2 copies
Maple Sugaring 2 copies
Morris and Joe 2 copies
The Dog 2 copies
Film Crew 2 copies
Four A.M. 2 copies
In the Mall 2 copies
Food 2 copies
Businessmen 2 copies
All Men Are Whores: An Inquiry 2 copies
Columbus Avenue 2 copies
Litko: A Dramatic Monologue 2 copies
Shoeshine 2 copies
A Sermon 2 copies
Cold 2 copies
In Old Vermont 2 copies
Steve McQueen 2 copies
A Life With No Joy In It 2 copies
The Hat 2 copies
Doctor 2 copies
Prologue: American Twilight 2 copies
No One Will Be Immune 1 copy
Monologue 1 copy
Hanglage Meerblick 1 copy
Almost Done 1 copy
Secret Names 1 copy
The Luftmensch 1 copy
Dark Pony 1 copy
Reunion 1 copy
Bradford 1 copy
Prairie du Chien 1 copy
We Will Take You There 1 copy
6 Action Movies [DVD] — Director — 1 copy
A Waitress in Yellowstone 1 copy
A Wasted Weekend 1 copy
Two Enthusiasts 1 copy
Sunday Afternoon 1 copy
L.A. Sketches 1 copy
Keep your Pantheon [audio] 1 copy
Jolly 1 copy
The Unit (Seasons 1-3) 1 copy
Joseph Dintenfass 1 copy
Speed the Plow: Screenplay 1 copy
Dodge 1 copy
A Perfect Mermaid 1 copy
A Scene - Australia 1 copy
The Diary of Anne Frank 1 copy
Fish 1 copy
The Joke Code 1 copy
TOPLU OYUNLARI 1 1 copy
Associated Works
Writers on Writing, 2: More Collected Essays from the New York Times (2003) — Contributor — 183 copies
The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from More Than 70 Playwrights (1987) — Contributor — 175 copies
An American Album: One Hundred and Fifty Years of Harper's Magazine (2000) — Contributor — 129 copies
The Actor's Book of Scenes from New Plays: 70 Scenes for Two Actors, from Today's Hottest Playwrights (1988) — Contributor — 78 copies
Here Lies My Heart: Essays on Why We Marry, Why We Don't, and What We Find There (A Beacon Anthology) (1999) — Contributor — 62 copies
Genesis as It Is Written: Contemporary Writers on Our First Stories (1996) — Contributor — 59 copies
Lapham's Quarterly - Lines of Work: Volume IV, Number 2, Spring 2011 (2011) — Contributor — 29 copies
A Clockwork Orange / Glengarry Glen Ross / Massage / Kvetch / Macbeth / The Maids / Disco Pigs (2000) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Mamet, David
- Legal name
- Mamet, David Alan (birth name)
- Birthdate
- 1947-11-30
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Flossmoor, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Plainfield, Vermont, USA
New York, New York, USA
Santa Monica, California, USA - Education
- Goddard College
- Occupations
- playwright
screenwriter - Organizations
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature, 1994)
Atlantic Theater Company (founding member) - Awards and honors
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1986)
Pulitzer Prize (1984)
American Theater Hall of Fame (2002)
PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award (2010)
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Statistics
- Works
- 203
- Also by
- 32
- Members
- 9,906
- Popularity
- #2,402
- Rating
- 3.6
- Reviews
- 166
- ISBNs
- 430
- Languages
- 16
- Favorited
- 20
- Touchstones
- 127
The main issue here is that we are more than 100 pages in until the actual plot of the novel begins to truly unfold. Neither the characters nor the dialogue are enough to really compel the reader forward to that point--unless one is just interested in the scene. As a person who loves history and Chicago the city, I had no major issues doing that, but I imagine others could be annoyed.
Also, this is neither a thriller nor a true mystery (the solution isn't strictly possible until the end, when the protagonist knows and the narration simply reveals it as a fait accompli). As such, it's hard to figure the genre of this novel and that may be disappointing some of the readers who came expecting X and ended up with Y.
But, if you like 1920s Chicago, David Mamet style conversations, and a wide cast of Chicago's demi-monde, then you will enjoy (though probably not overly so) this book.… (more)