Glengarry Glen Ross (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: David Mamet
- First Published: 1983
- Type of Work: Drama
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: 1982
- Setting: Chicago
- Principal Characters: Shelley Levene, John Williamson, Dave Moss, George Aaronow, Richard Roma, James Lingk, Baylen
- Genres: Social realism, Drama
- Subjects: Language or languages, Betrayal, Chicago, 1980’s, Loyalty, Greed, Ethics, Corruption, Real estate, Selling
- Locales: Chicago, IL
The Story:
Levene, Moss, Aaronow, and Roma were competing in yet another sales promotion contest to sell plots of overpriced, vacant land in a subdivision in Florida. The ruthless bosses Mitch and Murray had decreed that the winner would get a new Cadillac, the runner-up a set of steak knives, and the other two would be fired. All four salesmen were unhappy with the leads (the names, addresses, and phone numbers of supposedly interested prospects) the company was providing and were voicing their complaints to one another as well as to the office manager, Williamson, a company...
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