num_pages: 80
description: In David Mamet's latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss her grades and in a terrifyingly short time become the participants in a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between a somewhat fatuous teacher and his seemingly hapless pupil turns into a fiendishly accurate X ray of the meechanisms of power, censorship, and abuse.
language: English
title: OLEANNA: A Play
titlecomplete: OLEANNA: A Play
genres: Fiction, Plays, 20th Century, Theatre, Classics, Contemporary, The United States Of America, Drama, American, School
ratings_count: 9447
publisher: Pantheon