Glengarry Glen Ross
Glengarry Glen Ross is a play by David Mamet (1947- )[1].
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The original text
The play explores two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago real estate agents who are prepared to engage in any number of unethical, illegal acts—from lies and flattery to bribery, threats, intimidation and burglary—to sell undesirable real estate to unwitting prospective buyers. The play draws partly on Mamet's experiences in a Chicago real estate office, where he worked briefly in the late 1960s. The title of the play comes from the names of two of the real estate developments, Glengarry Highlands and Glen Ross Farms, being peddled by the salesmen characters.
The world premiere was at the National Theatre in London on September 21, 1983 and it opened at the John Golden Theatre on Broadway on 25 March 1984, playing for 378 till 17 February 1985 .
The play text won the Pulitzer Prize in 1984.
Performance history in South Africa
1985: Produced by the Baxter Theatre, directed by Ken Leach, starring Victor Melleney, David Alcock, Ronald France, Gordon van Rooyen, Michael McGovern, Richard Farmer and John Dennison.
1985: Presented by PACT under Bobby Heaney’s direction at the Alexander Theatre, starring Anthony Fridjhon, Wilson Dunster, Bill Flynn, Dale Cutts, Peter Terry, Graham Hopkins and Graham Clarke.
2008: Presented by The Mechanicals at the Little Theatre in Cape Town, directed by Luke Ellenbogen, starring Guy de Lancey, Scott Sparrow (Dave Moss), Nicholas Pauling (Ricky Roma), Jason Potgieter (George Aaronow), Kate Liquorish, Tinarie van Wyk Loots and Gina Pauling.
Translations and adaptations
Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glengarry_Glen_Ross
PACT theatre programme, 1985.
The Rand Daily Mail, 14 September 1984 (re PACT production 1985).
Barrow, Brian & Williams-Short, Yvonne 1988.
Wikipedia [2]
Petru & Carel Trichardt theatre programme collection.
'Let's hear it for more of the same', IOL, 19 August 2008
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