Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama illustrated Emir Sader and Ken Silverstein

Emir Sader and Ken Silverstein highlight the dilemmas it faces as a radical political force in a country who economy—the eighth largest in the West—attracts keen interest from the United States

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Author/Contributor(s): Leech

Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama illustrated Emir Sader and Ken SilversteinAuthor Contributor(s): Mamet, David Publisher: Vintage Date: 6 13 2000 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW The purpose of theater, like magic, like religion . . . is to inspire cleansing awe. What makes good drama? And why does drama matter in an age that is awash in information and entertainment? David Mamet, one of our greatest living playwrights, tackles these questions with bracing directness and aphoristic authority. He believes that the tendency