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Three Uses Of The Knife
David Mamet
其他書名
On the Nature and Purpose of Drama
出版
Bloomsbury Publishing
, 2020-10-01
主題
Performing Arts / Theater / History & Criticism
Performing Arts / Theater / General
Literary Collections / Essays
ISBN
1350129011
9781350129016
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=PG3-DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
Now published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, this is a classic work on the power and importance of drama by renowned American playwright, screenwriter and essayist David Mamet.
In this short but arresting series of essays, David Mamet explains the necessity, purpose and demands of drama. A celebration of the ties that bind art to life,
Three Uses of the Knife
is an enthralling read for anyone who has sat anxiously waiting for the lights to go up on Act 1. In three tightly woven essays of characteristic force and resonance, Mamet speaks about the connection of art to life, language to power, imagination to survival, public spectacle to private script. Self-assured and filled with autobiographical touches
Three Uses of the Knife
is a call to art and arms, a manifesto that reminds us of the singular power of the theatre to keep us sane, whole and human.