Mamet

American  

[mam-it] / ˈmæm ɪt /

noun

1. David (Alan), born 1947, U.S. playwright.

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Mamet British  

/ ˈmæmɪt /

noun

1. David. born 1947, US dramatist and film director. His plays include Sexual Perversity in Chicago (1974), American Buffalo (1976), Glengarry Glen Ross (1983), and Oleanna (1992); films include House of Games (1987) and Spartan (2004)

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Example Sentences

I’ve done a lot of David Mamet’s plays, and in one of them, one of the characters says, “Always tell the truth. It’s the easiest thing to remember.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Mr. Mamet is a playwright, film director and screenwriter.

From The Wall Street Journal

But he wasn’t the only playwright working through themes of family and masculinity, and Dowling only glancingly mentions compatriots like David Mamet and August Wilson.

From Los Angeles Times

She has attended the Allen & Co. conference in Sun Valley, Idaho—where talks with Ellison heated up—befriended playwright David Mamet, filmmaker Sam Levinson and comedian Bill Maher, and appeared on Glenn Beck’s podcast.

From The Wall Street Journal

Grier: I went to a performance of a David Mamet show on Broadway.

From Los Angeles Times