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2014 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
The Cycle of Friendship
A Life in the Theatre
verfasst von : Arthur Holmberg
Erschienen in: David Mamet and Male Friendship
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
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The same month American Buffalo opened on Broadway (February 1977), Mamet premiered another teacher-student play, A Life in the Theatre. Like Chekhov’s “Swan Song,” Mamet’s play sends an ironic valentine to the stage. Chekhov’s sketch winks at the despair of a vodka-soaked actor who blames the theater for having destroyed his life. Exploring the relationship between life and art, Chekhov’s little gem blends comedy and pathos. Mamet’s play keeps the equipoise of Chekhov’s mixed emotions—Mamet called his play a “sad comedy about actors”— but his full-length play expands considerably Chekhov’s thematic concerns. Both plays put two men alone on an existential stage with no exit except death.1