The man who always seems to have a permanent seat at the Tony’s and always wears his trademark beret is non-other than the playwright David Mamet. Mamet was born in the city of Chicago on November 30, 1947. Mamet has had two wives, his previous wife excelled in the field of acting in plays, and his current wife is British actor and singer. Mamet has won and been nominated for many awards, these include winning a Pulitzer and Virgin Atlantic Best New Play Award both for Glengarry Glen Ross, and also being nominated for two Tony awards, and finally becoming a founding member of the Atlantic Theatre Company. His most famous play Glengarry Glen Ross delves into the extremely competitive realty market of Chicago. Mamet focus' his lens on four realtors,
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His next play, American Buffalo, is about three men with various intentions for a relatively valuable nickel. The characters featured in this play are Don the owner of a resale shop, his, friend Teach, and his "gopher" Bob. Mamet explores their journey to recover a coin Don sold without knowing its true worth. The characters go to extreme lengths including robbery and even conflict within themselves to succeed in achieving their desires. Mamet’s third play, Speed-The-Plow, explores the story of three people in Hollywood attempting to make two drastically different movies. The characters include Gould a higher up in the studio; Fox, his ambitious friend, and Karen, Gould's secretary. Mamet dives into the dirty business that goes into getting a script approved to make a movie and explores the length people will go to make it in Hollywood. Throughout each of Mamet's plays, he discerns the effect of the prospect of having money has on the human condition. In each of his plays, Glengarry Glen Ross, American Buffalo, and Speed-The-Plow he concludes that the idea of having money truly brings out the worst in …show more content…
In the beginning of the play, Fox and Gould explore the screenplay of a “Prison Film” that they believe could have huge dividends for each of them. Their excitement isn’t silent, each of them exclaiming that they know how rich they’ll be, Fox shouts, “I'm going to be rich and I can't believe it.”, Gould replying that they’ll have to hire someone “just to figure out what things we want to buy” and when confronted with a money amount Gould’s answer is just “lots and lots.” (iBooks, 29-30) With both of these reactions to the films ability to make money, Mamet portrays a detailed persona of two Hollywood higher-ups just looking for their next big payday. Furthermore, Mamet is able to create scenarios where either Fox or Gould can be confronted with the idea of not making much money if the movie changes. When Mamet chooses to do so he can make Fox or Gould do rash things for money eventually bringing out the worst in one or both of
His next play, American Buffalo, is about three men with various intentions for a relatively valuable nickel. The characters featured in this play are Don the owner of a resale shop, his, friend Teach, and his "gopher" Bob. Mamet explores their journey to recover a coin Don sold without knowing its true worth. The characters go to extreme lengths including robbery and even conflict within themselves to succeed in achieving their desires. Mamet’s third play, Speed-The-Plow, explores the story of three people in Hollywood attempting to make two drastically different movies. The characters include Gould a higher up in the studio; Fox, his ambitious friend, and Karen, Gould's secretary. Mamet dives into the dirty business that goes into getting a script approved to make a movie and explores the length people will go to make it in Hollywood. Throughout each of Mamet's plays, he discerns the effect of the prospect of having money has on the human condition. In each of his plays, Glengarry Glen Ross, American Buffalo, and Speed-The-Plow he concludes that the idea of having money truly brings out the worst in …show more content…
In the beginning of the play, Fox and Gould explore the screenplay of a “Prison Film” that they believe could have huge dividends for each of them. Their excitement isn’t silent, each of them exclaiming that they know how rich they’ll be, Fox shouts, “I'm going to be rich and I can't believe it.”, Gould replying that they’ll have to hire someone “just to figure out what things we want to buy” and when confronted with a money amount Gould’s answer is just “lots and lots.” (iBooks, 29-30) With both of these reactions to the films ability to make money, Mamet portrays a detailed persona of two Hollywood higher-ups just looking for their next big payday. Furthermore, Mamet is able to create scenarios where either Fox or Gould can be confronted with the idea of not making much money if the movie changes. When Mamet chooses to do so he can make Fox or Gould do rash things for money eventually bringing out the worst in one or both of