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Glengarry Glen Ross

By: David Mamet
Narrated by: Gordon Clapp, Kyle Colerider-Krugh, Richard Dreyfuss, John Getz, Joe Mantegna, Richard Schiff, Josh Stamberg
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Publisher's summary

A group of low-ranking real-estate salesmen are trying to survive in a cut-throat office culture. But when two of them devise a plot to redress the company's wrongs, the resulting turmoil increases the pressure to unbearable levels.

A 1984 Pulitzer Prize winner for Drama.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:

  • Joe Mantegna as Ricky Roma
  • Gordon Clapp as David Moss
  • Kyle Colerider-Krugh as Detective Baylen
  • Richard Dreyfuss as Shelly Levine
  • John Getz as James Lingk
  • Richard Schiff as George Aaronow
  • Josh Stamberg as John Williamson

Directed by Eric Simonson. Recorded by L.A. Theatre Works before a live audience.

©1984 David Mamet (P)2013 L.A. Theatre Works

Critic reviews

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS David MametRead by Joe Mantegna, Gordon Clapp, Kyle Colerider-Krugh, Richard Dreyfuss, John Getz, Richard Schiff, Josh StambergThis wonderful full-cast rendering of Mamet's 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning play loses little in the staged recording. The gathering of vocal luminaries brings passion, poise, and panache to the narrative in a memorable audio performance. The subtle but completely appropriate sound effects are exciting and superbly amplify the angst and drama. There are seven active character voices, and while it's sometimes a bit difficult to keep them all straight, the natural flow of the story helps the listener stay on track with who's doing what to whom in this sometimes funny, sometimes brutally human drama. M.C. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: NOVEMBER 2013] Poetry & Drama • 2 hrs. • Audio Program • ©1984

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Intense

The acting in this intense play about selling real estate is a slice of life. Gritty and heartfelt. If you've seen the movie this adaption on audible does it justice.

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A classic, brilliantly performed

Seriously good: an astonishing cast delivering one of the best works from one of our greatest living playwrights. I was surprised to find I didn't miss the visuals at all.

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It was ok

It was a pretty good story but I think I would need to see the visuals to keep all the voices straight and keep up with the story

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IT IS A BETTER PLAY THAN AN AUDIOBOOK

Would you try another book from David Mamet and/or the narrators?

A BOOK BUT NOT A PLAY.

What did you like best about this story?

IT HAD LOTS OF POTENTIAL. BUT I FELT THE PLAY LEFT SOMETHING OUT. I DID NOT FEEL I UNDERSTOOD THE WHOLE STORY. I MAY READ IT AGAIN AS IT IS NOT THAT LONG. I FELT IT GOT BETTER TWORDS THE END.

What about the narrators’s performance did you like?

I LOVED RICHARD DREYFUSS ESPACIALLY BUT I AM PARTIAL TO HIM. I HAVE SEEN HIM IN MANY MOVIES. HE IS TALENTED.

Was Glengarry Glen Ross worth the listening time?

YES IT WAS BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN BETTER. IF I WAS IN THE AUDIENCE I AM SURE I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A LOT MORE OUT OF THE STORY.

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Difficult to follw

I found it really difficult to follow this play. I couldn't tell who the actors were. They all sounded alike so I didn't get a sense of the different characters. Maybe it is just too difficult to listen to this type of play.

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Outdated, over the top

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I've never seen the movie, and this was my first time - and last - listening to a play as an audio book. The characters started to blend together about half way through. Stuck it out to the end hoping something interesting would happen. Disappointment was my reward. Live and learn, right?

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AWFUL....

Would you try another book from David Mamet and/or the narrators?

no

What was most disappointing about David Mamet’s story?

use of the term f***k as noun, verb, adjective, adverb, was offensive, annoying and tiresome.

How could the performance have been better?

by using more creative words in the dialog than some form of f***k !!!

Any additional comments?

It amazes me that someone who can write, resorts to so limiting and confining their use of the English language. Very sad.

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