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Theatre

Christian Slater is mesmerising: Glengarry Glen Ross reviewed

18 November 2017

9:00 AM

18 November 2017

9:00 AM

David Mamet’s plays are tough to pull off because his dialogue lacks the predictable shapeliness of traditional dramatic speech. He prefers the sort of meandering, oblique, backtracking and self-deluding conversation you might overhear in a hotel dining-room. Glengarry Glen Ross opens in a restaurant, where a handful of realtors are discussing the perils and joys of their craft.

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