{"product_id":"mamet-plays-5-9781472533722","title":"Mamet Plays: 5","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Clare Williams\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA collection of outstanding plays from one of America's greatest playwrights\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Mamet conquers new territory with this droll comedy of errors set in a Victorian drawing-room. Anna and Claire are two bantering, scheming ladies of fashion who have long lived together on the fringes of upper-class society. Anna has just become the mistress of a wealthy man, from whom she has received an enormous emerald and an income to match. Claire, meanwhile, is infatuated with a respectable young lady and wants to enlist the jealous Anna's help for an assignation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Devastatingly funny . . . exceptionally clever\" New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Brilliant . . . One of Mamet's most satisfying and accomplished plays, and one of the funniest American comedies in years\" New York Post\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eFaustus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA modern retelling of the classic tale of pride, folly and the ultimate wager. Faustus has it all - fame, success, a loving family. But a careless pact with a beguiling magician threatens everything. In language, scope and theatrical sensibility, \u003ci\u003eFaustus \u003c\/i\u003erepresents a big departure for Mamet, melding resplendent language and metaphysics in an eerie and moving retelling of the tragedy of Doctor Faustus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomance\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWildly humorous and often gob-smackingly outrageous, \u003ci\u003eRomance \u003c\/i\u003eis an uproarious courtroom farce, which lampoons the American judicial system and exposes the hypocrisy surrounding personal prejudices and political correctness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An exhilarating spectacle\" New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It made me weep with delight. . . . \u003ci\u003eRomance \u003c\/i\u003eis funny. Extremely funny.\" Wall Street Journal\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45085058826391,"sku":"9781472533722","price":1797.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781472533722.webp?v=1767637517","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/mamet-plays-5-9781472533722","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}