num_pages: 241
description: This book supports the claim that David Mamet is possibly the first true verse dramatist by examining in detail his celebrated use of language as dramatic action. Five of Mamet's best known plays are studied in Sexual Perversity in Chicago, American Buffalo, A Life in the Theatre, Edmond, and Glengarry Glen Ross.
language: English
title: David Mamet: Language As Dramatic Action
titlecomplete: David Mamet: Language As Dramatic Action
ratings_count: 3
publisher: UNKNO