The Death of Salesmen

"The Death of Salesmen: David Mamet's 'Glengarry Glen Ross' in Text and Performance" is a critical edition of this great American play--its author's best one to date. This volume includes an introduction to David Mamet's dramatic oeuvre; a chronology of his work in drama and film; a timeline of significant historical and cultural events during the decade of "Glengarry Glen Ross," the 1980s; a summary of the play's plot, productions, and awards; a preface to the text of the play; the text of "Glengarry Glen Ross"; notes to the play; production reviews of this drama on stage and on screen; a bibliography of critical materials on "Glengarry Glen Ross"; and an essay on the American play to which Mamet's has most often been compared: Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman."

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R. J. Cardullo a obtenu une maîtrise et un doctorat à l'université de Yale, une autre maîtrise à Tulane et une licence avec mention à l'université de Floride à Gainesville. Il a enseigné pendant quarante ans à l'université du Michigan, à Colgate, à Wesleyan et à l'université de New York, ainsi qu'en dehors des États-Unis.

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"The Death of Salesmen: David Mamet''s ''Glengarry Glen Ross'' in Text and Performance" is a critical edition of this great American play--its author''s best one to date. This volume includes an introduction to David Mamet''s dramatic oeuvre; a chronology of his work in drama and film; a timeline of significant historical and cultural events during the decade of "Glengarry Glen Ross," the 1980s; a summary of the play''s plot, productions, and awards; a preface to the text of the play; the text of "Glengarry Glen Ross"; notes to the play; production reviews of this drama on stage and on screen; a bibliography of critical materials on "Glengarry Glen Ross"; and an essay on the American play to which Mamet''s has most often been compared: Arthur Miller''s "Death of a Salesman."