Writing in Restaurants

<b>Essays in direct line from Stanislavsky Chekhov Shaw and Brecht</b><br><b>--Mike Nichols</b> <p/><b>A collection of essays from Pulitzer Prize winning playwright David Mamet adressing many issues in contemporary American theater</b> <p/>Temporarily putting aside his role as playwright director and screen-writer David Mamet digs deep and delivers thirty outrageously diverse vignettes. On subjects ranging from the vanishing American pool hall family vacations and the art of being a bitch to the role of today's actor his celebrated contemporaries and predecessors and his undying commitment to the theater David Mamet's concise style lean dialogue and gut-wrenching honesty give us a unique view of the world as he sees it.