American Buffalo

Other works by David Mamet include: "Glengarry Glen Ross"; "Sexual Perversity in Chicago"; "Duck Var iations"; Oleanna"; "Reunion"; "Lakeboat"; and "The Disappearance of the Jews".

Three small-time crooks plot to carry out a midnight robbery of a coin collection. In the hours leading up to the heist, friendship becomes the victim in a conflict between loyalty and business."The finest American playwright of his generation" (Sunday Times) A junk shop. Three small-time crooks plot to carry out the midnight robbery of a coin collection. In the hours leading up to the heist, friendship becomes the victim in a conflict between loyalty and business."This play is a parable about the US - not in the journalistic way...but quietly, stealthily, with all the rich interior organisation of a true work of art" (Observer)