Speed-the-Plow (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: David Mamet
- First Published: 1988
- Type of Work: Play
- Genres: Drama, Comedy
- Subjects: Sex or sexuality, Friendship, Antiheroes, 1980’s, Los Angeles, Loyalty, Ethics, Corruption, Ambition, Success or failure, Hollywood, Filmmaking or filmmakers
- Locales: California, Hollywood, CA
In this play, the question of the worth of a commodity is made the center of the conflict. Far from being useless, worthless property, as in Glengarry Glen Ross, here the “product” is a film script more or less guaranteed to make money versus a very questionable project that has no real value but is valuable to the spirit of the men involved.
Bobby Gould, a newly promoted production executive, is visited by an old “friend and associate,” Charlie Fox. Gould has “a new deal” with the money man, Ross (offstage). In a power position, Gould is constantly...
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