A Life in the Theatre
Category: Books,Arts & Photography,Performing Arts
A Life in the Theatre Details
David Mamet Full Length, ComedyCharacters: 3 male (1 non-speaking) Bare stageThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-The-Plow, takes us into the lives of two actors: John, young and rising into the first flush of his success; the other Robert, older, anxious, and beginning to wane. In a series of short, spare, and increasingly raw exchanges, we see the estrangement of youth from age and the wider, inevitable and
Reviews
An aging actor's relationship with a new and younger actor. It's bitter sweet and the stage is all theirs for the entire production. I sat through a reading of this and was impressed by the variety of emotion and mood swings of the characters. The plays within the play added even more dimension and flexibility to the characters. I ordered the script in order to have the list of properties so that I could start collecting the necessary items. David Mamet is a brilliant writer.
