Three Uses Of The Knife
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Three Uses Of The Knife

On the Nature and Purpose of Drama

David Mamet

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Three Uses Of The Knife

On the Nature and Purpose of Drama

David Mamet

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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.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2020
ISBN
9781350129009
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Theatre History & Criticism

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    Citation styles for Three Uses Of The Knife

    APA 6 Citation

    Mamet, D. (2020). Three Uses Of The Knife (1st ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1978284/three-uses-of-the-knife-pdf (Original work published 2020)

    Chicago Citation

    Mamet, David. (2020) 2020. Three Uses Of The Knife. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing. https://www.perlego.com/book/1978284/three-uses-of-the-knife-pdf.

    Harvard Citation

    Mamet, D. (2020) Three Uses Of The Knife. 1st edn. Bloomsbury Publishing. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1978284/three-uses-of-the-knife-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

    MLA 7 Citation

    Mamet, David. Three Uses Of The Knife. 1st ed. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.