Oleanna: A Play
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Books › Drama › American › General
ISBN: 0679424113 / Publisher: Pantheon Books, May 1993
In David Mamet's latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss h...
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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 meechanisms of power, censorship, and abuse.
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