Abstract
David Mamet is a well known playwright and filmmaker. This article studies the morphology of the mametian comedy and one of his best homages to theatre: A Life in the Theatre Here the baroque image of life as a theatre and its opposite are explored. Theatre is also a very closed world where we find the same problems as in outside world. Through parody and intertextuality Mamet finds his way in a play structured as a series of sketches.
Este articulo estudia la morfología de la comedia del dramaturgo y cineasta estadounidense David Mamet, centrándose en uno de sus mejores homenajes al teatro: A Life in the Theatre. Se explora la imagen barroca de la vida como teatro y a la inversa, al tiempo que el teatro aparece como única vida posible para los cómicos de esta pieza. En esta obra construida a base de sketches, a través de la parodia y de la intertextualidad, Mamet encuentra su sitio, a medio camino entre un dramaturgo social y un admirador de Samuel Beckett y de Harold Pinter.
Recommended Citation
Buezo, Catalina. (2004) "A life in the theatre, de David Mamet: Homenaje al teatro, autobiografía parodia," Teatro: Revista de Estudios Culturales / A Journal of Cultural Studies: Número 20, pp. 249-260.
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