{"product_id":"the-spanish-prisoner-and-the-winslow-boy-isbn-9780375706646","title":"The Spanish Prisoner and The Winslow Boy","description":"Pulitzer Prize winner David Mamet ranks among the century's most influential writers for stage and screen. His dialogue--abrasive, rhythmic--illuminates a modern aesthetic evocative of Samuel Beckett. His plots--surprising, comic, topical--have evoked comparisons to masters from Alfred Hitchcock to Arthur Miller. Here are two screenplays demonstrating the astounding range of Mamet's talents. \u003cbr\u003e      \u003ci\u003e  The Spanish Prisoner\u003c\/i\u003e, a neo-noir thriller about a research-and-development cog hoodwinked out of his own brilliant discovery, demonstrates Mamet's incomparable use of character in a dizzying tale of twists and mistaken identity. \u003ci\u003eThe Winslow Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, Mamet's revisitation of Terence Rattigan's  classic 1946 play, tells of a thirteen-year-old boy accused of stealing a five-shilling postal order and the tug of war for truth that ensues between his middle-class family and the Royal Navy. Crackling with wit, intelligent and surprising,\u003ci\u003e The Spanish Prisoner\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Winslow Boy\u003c\/i\u003e celebrate Mamet's unique genius and our eternal fascination with the extraordinary predicaments of the common man.\u003cb\u003eTHE SPANISH PRISONER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Elegant, entertaining. . . . Mamet's craftiest and most satisfying cinematic puzzle.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE WINSLOW BOY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"One of the most subtly compelling love stories of the year.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Observer\u003c\/i\u003eDavid Mamet was born in Chicago in 1947. He studied at Goddard College in Vermont and at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theater in New York. He has taught Goddard College, the Yale Drama School, and New York University, and lectures at the Atlantic Theater Company, of which he is a founding member. He is he author of the acclaimed plays \u003ci\u003eThe Cryptogram\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOleanna\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpeed-the-Plow\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlengarry Glen Ross, American Buffalo\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSexual Perversity in Chicago. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has also written screenplays for films such as \u003ci\u003eHomicide\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHouse of Games\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWag the Dog\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Oscar-nominated \u003ci\u003eThe Verdict.\u003c\/i\u003e His plays have won the Pulitzer Prize and the Obie Award.","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46302364074213,"sku":"NP9780375706646","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375706646.jpg?v=1767741609","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-spanish-prisoner-and-the-winslow-boy-isbn-9780375706646","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}