Mamet Plays: 5
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Mamet Plays: 5

Boston Marriage; Dr Faustus; Romance

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Mamet Plays: 5

Boston Marriage; Dr Faustus; Romance

About this book

A collection of outstanding plays from one of America's greatest playwrights Boston Marriage
David Mamet conquers new territory with this droll comedy of errors set in a Victorian drawing-room. Anna and Claire are two bantering, scheming ladies of fashion who have long lived together on the fringes of upper-class society. Anna has just become the mistress of a wealthy man, from whom she has received an enormous emerald and an income to match. Claire, meanwhile, is infatuated with a respectable young lady and wants to enlist the jealous Anna's help for an assignation. "Devastatingly funny... exceptionally clever" New York Times "Brilliant... One of Mamet's most satisfying and accomplished plays, and one of the funniest American comedies in years" New York Post Faustus
A modern retelling of the classic tale of pride, folly and the ultimate wager. Faustus has it all - fame, success, a loving family. But a careless pact with a beguiling magician threatens everything. In language, scope and theatrical sensibility, Faustus represents a big departure for Mamet, melding resplendent language and metaphysics in an eerie and moving retelling of the tragedy of Doctor Faustus. Romance
Wildly humorous and often gob-smackingly outrageous, Romance is an uproarious courtroom farce, which lampoons the American judicial system and exposes the hypocrisy surrounding personal prejudices and political correctness. "An exhilarating spectacle" New Yorker "It made me weep with delight.... Romance is funny. Extremely funny." Wall Street Journal

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Information

Publisher
Methuen Drama
Year
2015
Print ISBN
9781472533722
eBook ISBN
9781472534101
Edition
1
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Drama
Index
Literature
Act 
One 
23
sad 
thing. 
The 
endless 
capacity 
of 
the 
world 
to 
unseat 
and 
disappoint 
us. 
Do 
you 
believe 
in 
God?
Claire 
I 
would 
if 
you’d 
shut 
up.
Anna 
And 
do 
you 
begrudge 
me 
my 
‘keening’?
Claire 
Oh, 
pull 
your 
socks 
up.
Anna 
… 
I 
…
Claire 
Every 
note 
you 
strike 
is 
false. 
I 
cannot 
assemble 
them 
into 
a 
rational 
composition. 
You’re 
like 
a 
piano 
so 
bad 
out 
of 
tune 
that 
the 
choice 
of 
any 
note 
is 
arbitrary. 
How 
can 
one 
respect 
you? 
(
Pause
.)
Anna 
I 
beg 
your 
pardon.
Claire 
And 
I 
am 
sorry 
I 
was 
moved 
to-speak 
with 
enthusiasm.
Anna 
I 
have 
forgotten 
it.
Claire 
You 
are 
too 
kind 
to 
live.
Anna 
(
pause
) 
Sherry?
Claire 
Perhaps 
just 
a 
touch.
Anna 
… 
and 
you 
would 
have 
this 
young 
Person 
come 
to 
my 
home.
Claire 
Yes.
Anna 
When?
Claire 
Today.
Anna 
You 
presume 
much. 
Yes 
– 
even 
now, 
I 
see 
you 
scour 
the 
street. 
This 
is 
the 
new 
thing, 
then. 
This 
is 
that 
for 
which 
it 
has 
amused 
God 
to 
spare 
me. 
(
Pause
.) 
Fine.
Claire 
… 
I 
beg 
your 
pardon?
Anna 
Have 
her 
come. 
(
Pause
.)
Claire 
You 
don’t 
mean 
it.
Anna 
I 
shall 
grant 
graciously 
what 
I 
dare 
not 
refuse. 

Table of contents

  1. FC
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Chronology: David Mamet
  7. Boston Marriage
  8. Dr Faustus
  9. Romance