{"product_id":"faustus-a-play-paperback","title":"Faustus: A Play - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Mamet\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving put his personal stamp on the contemporary theater, David Mamet now performs the supremely audacious feat of reinventing the theater of the past. He does so by telling his own ingenious and eerily moving version of the tragedy of Dr. Faustus. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMamet's Faustus--like Marlowe's and Goethe's before him--is a philosopher whose life's work has been the pursuit of \"the secret engine of the world.\" He is also the distracted father of a small, adoring son. Out of the clash between love and intellect and the fatal operation of Faustus' pride, Mamet fashions a work that is at once caustic and heart-wrenching and whose resplendent language marries metaphysics to conman's patter. A meditation on reason and folly, fathers and sons, and a breathtaking display of magic both literal and theatrical, \u003cb\u003eFaustus\u003c\/b\u003e is a triumph.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving put his personal stamp on the contemporary theater, David Mamet now performs the supremely audacious feat of reinventing the theater of the past. He does so by telling his own ingenious and eerily moving version of the tragedy of Dr. Faustus. \u003cbr\u003eMamet's Faustus--like Marlowe's and Goethe's before him--is a philosopher whose life's work has been the pursuit of \"the secret engine of the world.\" He is also the distracted father of a small, adoring son. Out of the clash between love and intellect and the fatal operation of Faustus' pride, Mamet fashions a work that is at once caustic and heart-wrenching and whose resplendent language marries metaphysics to conman's patter. A meditation on reason and folly, fathers and sons, and a breathtaking display of magic both literal and theatrical, Faustus is a triumph.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Mamet was born in Chicago in 1947. He studied at Goddard College in Vermont and at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York. He has taught at Goddard College, the Yale Drama School, and New York University, and lectures at the Atlantic Theater Company, of which he is a founding member. He is the author of the plays\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Cryptogram\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eOleanna\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpeed-the-Plow\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmerican Buffalo\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eSexual Perversity in Chicago\u003c\/b\u003e. He has also written screenplays for such films as \u003cb\u003eHouse of Games\u003c\/b\u003e and the Oscar-nominated \u003cb\u003eThe Verdict\u003c\/b\u003e, as well as \u003cb\u003eThe Spanish Prisoner\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Winslow Boy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWag the Dog\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e His plays have won the Pulitzer Prize and the Obie Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.04 x 5.22 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44786687377543,"sku":"9781400076482","price":21.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/Xqt3034ZWL9781400076482.webp?v=1780581020","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/faustus-a-play-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}