now i understand why it is impossible to find the spanish translation!! But the plot is the least impressive aspect of Boston Marriage. Boston Marriage - David Mamet Snappy funny dialogue, good situation, and some interesting action, but for what purpose? Also, it is set in a more formal time period which makes the formality of the language less difficult to accept. mamet doesn't get enough credit for his humor, but when he's on, it's a spectacle to behold. Claire, Anna's lover, has become infatuated with a much younger woman whom …

Worth it if you are interested in the 'situation' and are otherwise unoccupied, otherwise i'm not sure. I think it might have been more palatable because all of the characters are women. “I pray you indulge me for a space, for I am going to set out on a speech which may have some duration, but whose theme may be gleaned from its opening phrase: how dare you.”“We must have a pie. Error rating book. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. View More

$10 Don't know how the rapid-fire, lit-ref laden dialogue comes across on stage, but it was fun to read.

Hated this.Welcome back. It. Full disclosure: i used to work at the theater at which this play had its world premiere.

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Start by marking “Boston Marriage” as Want to Read: No, so get off my tits." I think it might have been more palatable because all of the characters are women. Browse Theatre Writers But the way David Mamet captures this is shocking! Mine Someone else’s My client. Description. We’d love your help. She is cut off before she even opens her mouth with such lines as,"Did I call you in here? Anna is being kept by a married man, but she prefers the company of women. My fav of Mamet....although it is apparent that Mamet is writing these lesbians with a masculine overtone because (let's be honest) he cannot write much else, I found some of the dialogue and complicated relationships interesting.David Alan Mamet is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film director.

View More Ticket Discounts Boston Marriage is a 1999 play by American playwright David Mamet.The play concerns two women at the turn of the 20th century who are in a Boston marriage, a relationship between two women that may involve both physical and emotional intimacy.After widespread belief that Mamet could only write for men, [citation needed] the playwright released this play, which centers exclusively on women. She never gets to talk very much because she annoys the two ladies so much. To see what your friends thought of this book, Even more, this time I actually appreciated the specificity of the cues that Mamet gives the actors in his sentence construction, punctuation, and italicization. as being explored via FEMALE characters? Hated. Academy Award winner for Best Supporting Actress (Dern). These ladies say things to eachother that would make you question if they are truly "ladies" It's witty and fast paced. Romantic but Asexual Relationships among Contemporary Lesbians. Mostly brilliant. Gain full access to show guides, character breakdowns, auditions, monologues and more! It has a lot of humor and I think it would be fun to work on and t Presents a comedy of errors set in a Victorian drawing room featuring the banter and scheming of Anna and Claire.A play about to high class ladies with two very interesting secrets.

I really enjoyed this one. This book will make you cackle.A very good and very funny drawing-room style play about two former lesbian lovers whose machinations draw them back together. Mostly female cast Mamet's play gives us his trademark blunt language and scheming characters, set rather unusually among the Victorian female intellectual set. On top of the two ridiculous friends there is a low class house maid.

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