American Buffalo
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| Rating | : | 4.35 (738 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0573640238 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 90 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Drama / Characters: 3 maleScenery: InteriorBest American Play, New York Drama Critics' Circle Award during the 1976-77 season, this volatile drama starred Robert Duvall in the original Broadway production and has seen revivals with Al Pacino and most recently on Broadway with John Leguizamo in 2008. In a Chicago junk shop three small time crooks plot to rob a man of his coin collection, the showpiece of which is a valuable "Buffalo nickel". These high-minded grifters fancy themselves businessmen pursuing legitimate free enterprise. "Gripping drama"-The New York Times "Mamet is an actor's playwrightHe senses the possibilities inarticulateness affords a savvy actor."-Women's Wear Daily "It isn't often that a play with a dramatic intensity of American Buffalo comes to the Broadway theatre."-New York Post. But the reality of the three- Donny, the oafish junk shop owner; Bobby, a young junkie Donny has taken under his wing and "Teach", a violently paranoid brag
"It's actually a masterpiece" according to Mr. Spiffy. but nobody's read it.As far as I can tell, Mamet's biggest problem in holding onto the audience his Pulitzer Prize won him comes from an increasingly underappreciated quality in writers today: his admirable level of restraint.He may have won the people over with his dirty poetry but he's hung onto the faithful with nimbler, subtler writing. It's not that his recent work isn't at the level of his earlier work; I think it just takes a different tack."The Old Nei. Read Between The Lines People! O.K., I know that many Mamet fans were disapointed with this one but I, for one, wasn't. This was actually the first Mamet play that I was introduced to (Before then I didn't even know that David Mamet existed) and I absolutly loved it, after reading it a few times. Yes, at first the dialouge (SP?) seems rather bland but, as my title says, you need to read between the lines! Use your imagination! There is something powerful about this piece because of all the . mediocre mamet this is a slight and unimpressive play, especially when one takes into account mamet's impressive body of work. This play focuses on the huge gap between an older, waning actor and a young promising one. The interaction between the two is often fascinating, and the scenes in which they perform from the play they are acting in are very telling of their 'real life' characters. Overall this was a disapointment, and should probably only interest completist mamet f