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Oleanna : A Play by David Mamet is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Oleanna : A Play about?

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 mechanisms of power, censorship, and abuse. ReviewJohn and Carol go to it with hand-to hand combat that amounts to a primal struggle for power. As usual with Mamet, the vehicle for that combat is crackling, highly distilled dialogue unencumbered by literary frills or phony theatrical ones. Frank Rich, International Herald Tribune An ear for reproducing everyday language has long been David Mamet's hallmark and he has now employed it to skewer the dogmatic, puritannical streak which has become commonplace on and off the campus. With Oleanna he continues an exploration of male-female conflicts begun with Sexual Perversity in Chicago in 1974. Oleanna cogently demonstrates that when free thought and dialogue are imperilled, nobody wins. Michael Wise, Independent Ab

Who reads Oleanna : A Play?

Author

David Mamet

Publisher

Vintage Books

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780307817617

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Science, Performing Arts, Literary Fiction

Rating

4.4 / 5 (196 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14