Oleanna
Oleanna
Author: David Mamet
First Performance: 1992, New York
Published: 1992
Genre: Drama in 3 acts
Setting: College professor's room, USA, 1990s
Cast: 1m, 1f
John, a college professor who has been promised tenure, agrees to discuss a failed paper with Carol, one of his students. After phoning his wife about the purchase of their new house, he tries to explain to Carol where she has gone wrong. She is eager but not very bright; he tries to help but is inarticulate. She apologizes for not understanding; he apologizes for not making himself understood. Because he is guilty about the nature of higher education, John suggests that they do a deal: they will ‘start over’ the class, and she will get an ‘A’, because he likes her, and puts a reassuring arm round her shoulder. Carol registers a formal...
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