Date of Award
Spring 1991
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Communication
First Advisor
Grange, William
Second Advisor
Olson, Gregory
Third Advisor
Krajec, Debra
Abstract
Over the past twenty years David Mamet has proven himself to be one of the most prolific and articulate voices in the American Theatre. The quality and quanity [sic] of his artistic output as a playwright, screenwriter and essayist is unequaled in the contemporary theatre. Although a great deal has been written about his dramatic works, very little examination of his numerous essays has been done. It is through these essays that one is best able to reflect upon Mamet's world view and it is my hope, through gaining a more thorough understanding of this view, that new light will be shed on the dramatic pieces that he produces. After a biographical sketch of Mamet in Chapter One, I intend to examine the essays found in Writing In Restraurants [sic] and Some Freaks (hereafter abbreviated as WIR and SF) with the goal of exploring Mamet's world view.
Recommended Citation
Hofrichter, Thomas G., "An Examination of David Mamet's World View" (1991). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 1939.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/1939