Oleanna
by David Mamet
DramaWomen college studentsTeacher-student relationshipsSexual harassment of womenDama
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Open LibraryAbout this book
"In David Mamet's latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss her grades and in a terrifyingly short time become the participants in a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between a somewhat fatuous teacher and his seemingly hapless pupil turns into a fiendishly accurate X ray of the mechanisms of power, censorship, and abuse"--Page 4 of cover.
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DramaWomen college studentsTeacher-student relationshipsSexual harassment of womenDamaSexual harassment in universities and colleges
About the author
David Mamet
30 November 1947
David Alan Mamet is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter, and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for their exploration of masculinity. Mamet received Tony Award nominations for Glengarry Glen Ros (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988), as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross. As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997). ([Source][1].) [1]:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet
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