The Anarchist

73 Pages·2012·2.41 MB·English

by  Mamet, David.

“M amet remains the American theater’s
most urgent five-letter word.”
– Mark Lawson,
Guardian (London)
anarchist (an’er-kist) n.
1. A person who opposes the authority of the state.
2. A person who causes disorder or upheaval.
3. Pabuoliutzt eorn Per wizoem–wanin wnhinog i sp plauytw arwigahy tf oDra lvified, Manadm aneto’st hneerw w phlaoy i s
committed to her rehabilitation.
The world premiere production is now playing on Broadway starring
TWO-TIME THREE-TIME
TONY AWARD® WINNER ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE
DAVID MAMET is a playwright, essayist and screenwriter who directs for both the stage and
film. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award for Glengarry
Glen Ross. His other plays include Race, American Buffalo, Speed-the-Plow, November, The
Cryptogram, Sexual Perversity in Chicago, Lakeboat, The Water Engine, The Duck Variations,
Reunion, The Blue Hour, The Shawl, Bobby Gould in Hell, Edmond, Romance, The Old
Neighborhood and his adaptation of The Voysey Inheritance.
Cover art and design by aka
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ISBN: 978-1-55936-428-7
Book design and composition by Lisa Govan
Cover art and design by aka
First Edition, December 2012
This play is dedicated to Patti and Debra

Chaque génération doit dans une relative opacité
découvrir sa mission, la remplir ou trahir.
— frantz fanon
les damnés de la terre

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