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Glengarry Glen Ross is a play by David Mamet that won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical, illegal acts—from lies and flattery to bribery, threats, intimidation and burglary—to sell real estate to unwitting prospective buyers.
Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1992 American black comedy-drama film directed by James Foley and written by David Mamet, based on his 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning play.The film depicts two days in the lives of four real-estate salesmen and their increasing desperation when the corporate office sends a motivational trainer with the threat that all but the top two salesmen will be fired within one week.
David Alan Mamet (/ ˈ m æ m ɪ t /; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, filmmaker, and author.. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988).
On Thursday, Aug. 8, lead producers Jeffrey Richards and Rebecca Gold announced a new revival of David Mamet’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross, this time starring Kieran Culkin ...
A revival of the cutthroat business play "Glengarry Glen Ross" is slated for Broadway this spring — cast with a star from “Succession,” a TV show about cutthroat business. Kieran Culkin will ...
Richard Roma is a fictional character from David Mamet's 1983 play Glengarry Glen Ross and its 1992 film adaptation.Roma has been portrayed by a range of actors, including Joe Mantegna, Al Pacino and Liev Schreiber, although the role was originated by Jack Shepherd.
Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play; Joe Mantegna – Glengarry Glen Ross as Richard Roma. Philip Bosco – Heartbreak House as Boss Mangan; Robert Prosky – Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelly Levene; Douglas Seale – Noises Off as Selsdon Mowbray; Christine Baranski – The Real Thing as ...
Mamet's short story "The Bridge", which is the basis for the novel of the same name in the play, was published in the literary magazine Granta in 1985. [31] [32] David Ives' one-act play Speed the Play, first produced in 1992 by the Chicago, Illinois-based Strawdog Theatre Company, is a parody of Speed-the-Plow. [33]