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Daily Archives: March 13, 2017

On the Nature and Purpose of Drama, according to David Mamet

Reading, Silver and Salt, WritingBy Elanor DymottMarch 13, 2017

My copy of David Mamet’s ‘Three Uses of the Knife’ is underlined in places, and certain pages are folded over. Sometimes when I go to take it down from the shelf, I feel like a cross-country skier reaching for wax. But rather than functioning as a piece of kit, it’s a book that answers questions…

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