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Oleanna is a 1992 two-character play by David Mamet, about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students, who accuses him of sexual harassment and, by doing so, spoils his chances of being accorded tenure. The play's title, taken from a folk song, refers to a 19th-century escapist vision of utopia. [1]
David Alan Mamet (/ ˈ m æ m ɪ t /; born November 30, 1947) is an American playwright, filmmaker, and author.. He won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for his plays Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988).
Oleanna is a 1994 drama film written and directed by David Mamet based on his 1992 play and starring William H. Macy and Debra Eisenstadt. The plot concerns a contentious meeting between a student and a college professor. Macy reprised his role from the original stage production. The film was nominated for a Independent Spirit Award for Best ...
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Oleanna (anglicized from Oleana) is: Oleona, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community "Oleanna" (song), a folk song mocking Ole Bull's ambitions of a perfect community; Oleanna, a play named after the folk song, written by David Mamet Oleanna, a film based on Mamet's play, directed by the author and starring William H. Macy
Blanchett at the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con. Cate Blanchett is an Australian actress who has worked extensively on screen and on stage. She made her stage debut in 1992 as Electra in the National Institute of Dramatic Art production of the play of the same name, [1] [2] and followed in 1993 with performances in Timothy Daly's Kafka Dances, for which she won the Sydney Theatre Critics Award for ...
Playwright opens up about off-Broadway show inspired by Pelosi, Ocasio-Cortez. Judy Kurtz. July 10, 2024 at 9:00 AM. A new play inspired by Reps. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ...
In 2004, she made her West End stage debut opposite Aaron Eckhart in a revival of David Mamet's play Oleanna at the Garrick Theatre. [24] [25] She reprised the role of Carol in a 2009 production of Oleanna, directed by Doug Hughes and co-starring Bill Pullman at the Mark Taper Forum. [26] The production moved to Broadway's John Golden Theatre. [27]