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Drama/978-0-679-74536-5
THREE USES OF THE KNIFE
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With bracing directness, one of our greatest living playwrights addresses the questions: What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? David Mamet believes that the tendency to dramatize is essential to human nature, that we create drama out of everything from today’s weather to next year’s elections. With a cultural range that encompasses Shakespeare, Brecht, and Ibsen, Mamet shows us how to distinguish true drama from its false variants. The result is an electrifying treatise on the playwright’s art that is also a strikingly original work of moral and aesthetic philosophy.
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THREE USES OF THE KNIFE
On the Nature and Purpose of Drama
With bracing directness, one of our greatest living playwrights addresses the questions: What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? David Mamet believes that the tendency to dramatize is essential to human nature, that we create drama out of everything from today’s weather to next year’s elections. With a cultural range that encompasses Shakespeare, Brecht, and Ibsen, Mamet shows us how to distinguish true drama from its false variants. The result is an electrifying treatise on the playwright’s art that is also a strikingly original work of moral and aesthetic philosophy.
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