8220;Playwriting is a young man’s and, of late, a young woman’s game,” David Mamet said, in 2005. “Most playwrights’ best work is probably their earliest. Those prejudices of anger, outrage, and heartbreak the writer brings to his early work will be fuelled . . . (Subscription required.)
SOURCE: The New Yorker at 12:00AM on December 3, 2012