Writing in Restaurants
Category: Books,Literature & Fiction,History & Criticism
Writing in Restaurants Details
From Publishers Weekly In these essays, playwright Mamet addresses many issues in contemporary American theater, such as the electronic amplification of live stage, the hidden politics of the theater and the proper function of the actor or playwright. PW called these pieces "short and hard-hitting." Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. Read more Review "Essays in direct line from Stanislavsky, Chekhov, Shaw, and Brecht" —Mike Nichols"Writing in Restaurants is rich with anecdotes . . . composed in precise mellifluous language." —The Philadelphia Inquirer"Passion, clarity, commitment, intelligence—just what one would expect from Mamet" —Sidney Lumet"Graceful, forceful, hortatory essays of a profoundly moral writer of our time" —Richard Christiansen, Chicago Tribune Read more About the Author David Mamet 's Glengarry Glen Ross won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1984. He is also the author of Writing in Restaurants and On Directing Film, both available from Penguin. Read more
Reviews
If you didn't actually want to learn about how to effectively write in restaurants, learn more about writing in some way, or understand the appeal of why one would write in public and instead wanted to hear an aged playwright talk about whatever he wants for pages and pages on end, you're in luck!Not only is this piece of garbage not helpful, it's expensive. How anyone would enjoy this book is a mystery to me. I could get the same experience by sitting down with my Grandpa and talking with him, except it would be free. Of course, by that logic, I just read this book last Thursday by visiting him. Only it didn't take 8 hours of reading to get through a one-sided conversation with him.
