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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"David Mamet"”.
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Honor among thieves? Socio-economic theories of Thorstein Veblen in the plays of David Mamet
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Pigments of Imagination: An Actor's Journey of Creating the Character of Jack Lawson from David Mamet's Race
… dimension character portrayal of Jack Lawson in David Mamet’s <em>Race.</em> Documentation of the process will include: an explanation of the acting technique and analysis used to create the backstory and portrayal of the character; insight into the background and beliefs of playwright, David …
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The Playwright as Filmmaker: History, Theory and Practice
… selected playwright-filmmakers (Preston Sturges, David Mamet, Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Neil LaBute), attempting to isolate those aspects of their practice which are attributable to their experience as writers working hi live theatre. Parallel to this, I attempt to develop a theoretical …
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Feminist Theory and Postwar American Drama
… Lillian Hellman, Sam Shepard, John Guare, David Mamet, and David Rabe) as well as some women playwrights who would not generally be placed there (Jane Bowles, Carson McCullers, Maria Irene Fornes, Joan Schenkar, the group Split Britches, and Wendy Kesselman).</p> <p>The chapter on feminist …
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The Steppenwolf Scenario: Establishing the habitus of Chicago’s Off-Loop theatre community
This study focuses on the history, development, and structuring elements of Chicago’s Off-Loop theatre community. My research, grounded in Diana Taylor’s concept of scenarios and Pierre Bourdieu’s concept of habitus, takes a sociological lens to the historical antecedents and theatrical …