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A play by David Mamet offering a satirical dissection of the American movie business.
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''[[Speed-the-Plow]]'' is a play by American playwright, film director, screenwriter and author David Mamet (born 1947) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Mamet].
  
Premiéred on Broadway at the Royale Theatre in a production by the Lincoln Center Theater, opening on May 3, 1988 and closing on Dec 31, 1988 after 279 performances.
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''Not to be confused with '''[[Speed the Plough]]''' by H.V. Morton (1798).''
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== The original text ==
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A satirical dissection of the American movie business, the play premiéred on Broadway at the Royale Theatre in a production by the Lincoln Center Theater, opening on May 3, 1988 and closing on Dec 31, 1988 after 279 performances.
 
   
 
   
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
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== Performance history in South Africa ==
 
== Performance history in South Africa ==
  
1990's Upstairs at the [[Market Theatre]] under the title ''[[Speed the Plow]]''. Directed by ** with [[Dawid Minnaar]], **
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1990: Presented under the title ''[[Speed the Plow]]'' [[Upstairs at the Market]] in January, directed by [[Malcolm Purkey]] with [[Andrew Buckland]], [[Dawid Minnaar]] and [[Megan Kruskal]].
  
 
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed-the-Plow
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed-the-Plow
  
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[[Ruphin Coudyzer]]. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of [[Market Theatre]] productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)
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[[Pat Schwartz]] 1988. ''The Best of Company: The Story of Johannesburg's [[Market Theatre]]''. Johannesburg: [[Ad Donker]].
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[[Percy Tucker]]. 1997. ''Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business''. Johannesburg: [[Witwatersrand University Press]]: p. 486.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 17:53, 19 January 2024

Speed-the-Plow is a play by American playwright, film director, screenwriter and author David Mamet (born 1947) [1].

Not to be confused with Speed the Plough by H.V. Morton (1798).


The original text

A satirical dissection of the American movie business, the play premiéred on Broadway at the Royale Theatre in a production by the Lincoln Center Theater, opening on May 3, 1988 and closing on Dec 31, 1988 after 279 performances.

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

1990: Presented under the title Speed the Plow Upstairs at the Market in January, directed by Malcolm Purkey with Andrew Buckland, Dawid Minnaar and Megan Kruskal.

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed-the-Plow

Ruphin Coudyzer. 2023. Annotated list of his photographs of Market Theatre productions. (Provided by Coudyzer)

Pat Schwartz 1988. The Best of Company: The Story of Johannesburg's Market Theatre. Johannesburg: Ad Donker.

Percy Tucker. 1997. Just the Ticket. My 50 Years in Show Business. Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press: p. 486.

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