American Buffalo (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: David Mamet
- First Published: 1976
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: The 1970’s
- Setting: Don’s Resale Shop in an unspecified city
- Genres: Drama, Psychological drama, Parody
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Friendship, Emotions, Substance abuse, Robbery or robbers, Loyalty, Drug addiction or addicts, Ethics, Business or business people, Work or workers, Paranoia, Collecting or collectors, Coins
- Locales: United States
Characters Discussed
Don Dubrow, a man in his late forties, the owner of the junk shop called Don’s Resale Shop. He unknowingly sells a rare American buffalo nickel for what he assumes must have been too little. He believes that by tricking him, the buyer achieved an unwarranted dominance over him. Don intends to get even by planning a robbery, one in which he will not participate but that will involve the nickel being restolen. This dream-fantasy of the robbery restores to Don the sense of power that he lost with the nickel’s sale. When the play opens, Don is berating the...
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