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Lacombe

Cinema/Theatre

Lacombe( )
Contribution by: Mamet, David
Text by: Gopnik, Adam
Photographer: Lacombe, Brigitte
ISBN:978-3-88814-949-8
Publication Date:Sep 2001
Publisher:Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $85.00
Book Description:

Introduction by David Mamet. Essay by Adam Gopnik.

Book Details
Pages:292
Detailed Subjects: Photography / Subjects & Themes / Portraits & Selfies
Biography & Autobiography / Rich & Famous
Biography & Autobiography / Entertainment & Performing Arts
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):10.25 x 14 Inches
Book Weight:0.002 Pounds
Author Biography
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David Mamet, November 30, 1947 - David Mamet was born on November 30, 1947 in Flossmoor, Illinois. He attended Goddard College in Vermont and the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York. He began his career as an actor and a director, but soon turned to playwriting.

He won acclaim in 1976 with three Off-Broadway plays, "The Duck Variations," "Sexual Perversity in Chicago" and "American Buffalo." His work became known for it's strong male characters and the description of the decline of morality in the world. In 1984, Mamet received the Pulitzer Prize in Literature for his play, "Glengarry Glen Ross."

In 1981, before he received the Pulitzer, Mamet tried his hand at screenwriting. he started by adapting "The Postman Always Rings Twice," and then adapting his own "Glengarry Glen Ross" as well as writing "The Untouchables" and Wag the Dog." He also taught at Goddard College, Yale Drama School and New York University.

Mamet won the Jefferson Award in 1974, the Obie Award in 1976 and 1983, the New York Drama Critics Circle Award in 1977 and 1984, the Outer Circle Award in 1978, the Society of West End Theater Award in 1983, The Pulitzer Prize in 1984, The Dramatists Guild Hall-Warriner Award in 1984, and American Academy Award in 1986 and a Tony Award in 1987. He is considered to be one of the greatest artists in his field.

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