Mamet

[mam-it]

noun

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

Mamet

/ 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)

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.”

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

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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.

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Unsurprisingly, given Susan’s bluntness and profanity—Mr. Coen almost seems to be writing in imitation of David Mamet, but with the women as the foul-mouthed aggressors—the evening doesn’t end with a gauzy clinch.

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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.

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