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DAVID MAMET began his career as an actor and director before achieving success in 1976 with three Off-Off Broadway plays, The Duck Variations, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and American Buffalo. In 1984, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Glengarry Glen Ross. He followed up in 1988 with Speed the Plow. Perhaps his most controversial play, however, came in 1992 with Oleanna, a two-character drama involving charges of sexual harassment between a male professor and one of his female students. In 1995 he won received the Pulitzer prize once more for The Cryptogram. In 1981, Mamet turned his attention to screenwriting and made an impressive debut with his first screenplay, The Postman Always Rings Twice, which he adapted from the novel by James Cain. He has since turned out a number of critically acclaimed screenplays including The Verdict (1982), The Untouchables (1987), Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) and Wag the Dog (1998) and is now considered to be among the industry's finest craftsmen. Mamet has taught at Goddard College, the Yale Drama School and New York University. His awards include the Drama Desk Award, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995; Joseph Jefferson Award, 1974; Obie Award, 1976, 1983; New York Drama Critics Circle Award, 1977, 1984; Outer Circle Award, 1978; Society of West End Theatre Award, 1983; Pulitzer Prize, 1984, 1995; Dramatists Guild Hall-Warriner Award, 1984; American Academy Award, 1986; Tony Award, 1984,1987.
Bio as of March, 2009.
American Theatre Wing programs, interviews and/or credits include:
SDCF Masters of the Stage (audio)
David Mamet - December, 1992 - Listen Now.
Internet Broadway Database Listing (IBDB.com)
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