Speed-the-Plow
Play script
By: David Mamet
Date: 1985
Source: Mamet, David. Speed-the-Plow. New York: Gove Weidenfeld, 1985, 3–10.
About the Author: Playwright, screenwriter, director, and producer, David Mamet (1947–) was born in Chicago. Attending Goddard College and receiving a B.A. degree in 1969, Mamet studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater in New York from 1968–69. In addition to writing plays, Mamet has taught at Yale and New York University.
Introduction
Critics have proclaimed David Mamet one of the primary playwrights of the late twentieth century. His play American Buffalo, first produced in 1975, established his reputation as a national figure. Glengarry Glen Ross (1983), which opened in England, extended his reputation and won the Pulitzer Prize. Many of Mamet's plays premiere in Chicago, his hometown, prior to...
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