Tag: Oleanna 2019 Gladstone

Oleanna, a visionary play that is clearly still relevant today.

Oleanna, a visionary play that is clearly still relevant today.

 

photo Alexandra Isabelle.   Oleanna with  Madeleine  Jullian and Guy Buller

David Mamet’s exceptional  talent as a playwright, as a creator of film scenarios and producer of films, is fueled by a deep-seated anger against corruption in the US, inspired and even fascinated by  all manner of falsehood such as we saw in the Hollywood drama Speed the plow– at the Gladstone Theatre in 2011 starring  John Muggleton, directed by Teri Loretto. http://capitalcriticscircle.com/?s=speed+the+plow+gladstone.  First produced in 1988 with Madonna playing the single feminine role, that play lost none of its bite   to put it mildly –  its  male capitalist energy, and the power of its dialogue that shot back and forth as though the actors were riddling each other with machine gun spray. 

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