Twenty Questions

David Mamet

POST ROAD invites its readers to submit questions for David Mamet (Playwright), author of the plays Oleanna, Glengarry Glen Ross (1984 Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award), American Buffalo, A Life In The Theatre, Speed-the-plow, Edmond, Lakeboat, The Water Engine, The Woods, Sexual Perversity In Chicago, Reunion, The Crypotgram (1995 Obie Award), The Old Neighborhood, Boston Marriage, Dr. Faustus and Romance. His translation and adaptations include Red River by Pierre Laville and The Cherry Orchard, Three Sisters and Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov. His films include, as writer, The Postman Always Rings Twice, The Verdict, The Untouchables, Hoffa, The Edge, Wag The Dog, The Winslow Boy, as writer/director, House Of Games, Oleanna, Homicide, The Spanish Prisoner, State And Main, Heist, and Spartan. He is also the author of Warm And Cold and Bar Mitzvah, books for children with illustrations by Donald Sultan, and three other children’s books: Passover, The Duck And The Goat, and Henrietta; five volumes of essays: Writing In Restaurants, Some Freaks, The Cabin, Make Believe Town and Jaffsie And John Henry; two books of poems: The Hero Pony and Chinaman; Three Children’S Plays, On Directing Film, True And False, Three Uses Of The Knife: On The Nature And Purpose Of Drama, and the novels The Village, The Old Religion and Wilson.

Submission Guidelines

Please submit your questions to . POST ROAD will select twenty questions and publish them along with Mr. Mamet's answers, in an upcoming issue. Those whose questions are selected will receive a complimentary copy of the issue in which the interview appears.