{"product_id":"9780573640247","title":"Life In The Theatre, A","description":"\u003cp\u003e David Mamet \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFull Length, Comedy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharacters: 3 male (1 non-speaking)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBare stage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003cem\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eSpeed-The-Plow\u003c\/em\u003e, takes us into the lives of two actors: John, young and rising into the first flush of his success; the other Robert, older, anxious, and beginning to wane. In a series of short, spare, and increasingly raw exchanges, we see the estrangement of youth from age and the wider, inevitable and endless cycle of life, in and out of the theatre. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A comedy about the artifice of acting...It is also about the artifice of living...An evening of pure theatre.\"-\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A comic masterpiece.\"-\u003cem\u003eNew York Daily News\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The warmest and often the funniest play in town.\"-\u003cem\u003eNew York Post\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[Mamet has] the most acute ear for dialogue of any American writer since J.D. Salinger.\"-\u003cem\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Samuel French, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48520803746032,"sku":"9780573640247","price":10.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780573640247_p0.jpg?v=1768409652","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780573640247","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}