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Overview
In David Mamet's latest play, a male college instructor and his female student sit down to discuss her grades and in a terrifyingly short time become the participants in a modern reprise of the Inquisition. Innocuous remarks suddenly turn damning. Socratic dialogue gives way to heated assault. And the relationship between a somewhat fatuous teacher and his seemingly hapless pupil turns into a fiendishly accurate X ray of the meechanisms of power, censorship, and abuse.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9780679745365
- ISBN-10: 067974536X
- Publisher: Vintage
- Publish Date: May 1993
- Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.22 pounds
- Page Count: 96
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