American Buffalo

Name: American Buffalo
Brand: Findaway
Availability: InStock
Author: David Mamet
ISBN: 9781682660058

Author: David Mamet

Narrator: Rich Hutchman, Josh Stamberg, Maurice Williams

Unabridged: 1 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works

Published: 02/15/2016

Categories: Fiction, Drama, Nonfiction, Performing Arts, Theater

Synopsis

David Mamet’s gift for storytelling and forging poetry from both the plain-spoken and profane turns an ill-conceived scheme to steal a rare coin into a triumph of dramatic art. In a junk shop, three men of di•fferent generations plan their heist. But their fates, like the nickel’s worn image of the beleaguered buffalo, may have been sealed long ago. An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast production starring Rich Hutchman as Donny DuBrow, Josh Stamberg as Walter Cole (Teacher), and Maurice Williams as Bobby. Directed by Brian Kite and recorded before an audience by L.A. Theatre Works.

About David Mamet

David Mamet is an acclaimed playwright, screenwriter, film director, and essayist. Some of his most famous works include the films The Untouchables and the Academy Award nominees The Verdict and Wag the Dog. He is also the author of many plays, including American Buffalo, Speed-the-Plow, and Glengarry Glen Ross, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Fabian on August 06, 2019

"American Buffalo" gives us a sliver of insight into a subculture of ruffians, gamblers & thieves. Nothing--not property, friends, loyalty or history--nothing absolutely trumps the $. Nothing! & although you perceive some tenderhearted brotherhoodsian moments between the three main (& only) players,......more

Goodreads review by Jon on January 29, 2025

This is a scathing indictmeant on greed and the ability to delude others in furtherance of a crime. Don(ny) Dubrow owns a junk shop and has just sold a buffalo nickel that he now suspects is worth considerably more. He decides to steal it back with the help of Bob(by), a friend/gofer who is not very......more

Goodreads review by Javad on February 24, 2023

3.5 بوفالوی آمریکایی یه روایت مدوّرِ پوچه. یه روایت که تداعی کننده نمایشنامه در انتظار گودو و فروشنده است. این نمایشنامه پر است از دیالوگ های منقطع، تند تند، آشفته و سردرگم که البته نه از بد دستی که از چیره دستی این مدلی نوشته شده. در عین حال که این سبک نوشته می‌تونه اعصاب خرد کن باشه و بین خواننده و......more

Goodreads review by Carac on June 04, 2014

The Student/Teacher, Mentor/Innocent, Parent/Child relationship is important in many of Mamet's plays. In "American Buffalo" Don is the owner of a junk shop and Bobby is a kid with a troubled past who runs errands for him. Don looks out for Bobby and Bobby wants to do right by Don. The other third of......more

Goodreads review by Coleman on September 05, 2017

American Book Review, a play by David Mamet Interior. Lights up on DAVID MAMET and COLEMAN, who are standing in a room, somewhere, who knows where, nobody knows. DAVID MAMET: Hey, COLEMAN: Hey, DM: You checked out my play? C: Yeah. DM: You read it? C: Yeah. DM: You like it? C: Uh huh. DM: I mean, you think it......more