The Water Engine

The Water Engine

"The Water Engine" is a play by David Mamet.

Plot

"The Water Engine" is set in 1934. Its central character, Charles Lang, is a young amateur inventor, who designs an engine that runs on water. He plans to patent it, make a fortune, and live happily ever after with his sister Rita LangFact|date=March 2008, but his dream begins to unravel when he finds himself up against two hoodlum-like attorneys, Morton Gross and Lawrence Oberman.

Originally written as a radio play, "The Water Engine" was staged at The Public Theater by Steven Schachter. It opened on December 20, 1977 and ran for 63 performances. The cast included Dwight Schultz as Charles Lang, David Sabin as Morton Gross, and Bill Moor as Lawrence Oberman. On February 28, 1978, it transferred to the Plymouth Theatre on Broadway as a double-bill with a short Mamet play entitled "Mr. Happiness", and ran for 24 performances. In this production Patti LuPone was featured as Rita. The play was nominated for the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play.Fact|date=March 2008

The play was adapted by Mamet, Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, and Martin Goldstein for a 1992 made-for-cable television movie directed by Steven Schachter and starring William H. Macy as Charles Lang, John Mahoney as Mason (instead of Morton) Gross, Joe Mantegna as Lawrence Oberman, and Patti LuPone as Rita. Charles Durning, Treat Williams, Andrea Marcovicci, Peter Michael Goetz, Rebecca Pidgeon, Felicity Huffman, Ricky Jay, and Joanna Miles also were in the cast. It was produced by Amblin Television and broadcast by TNT.

ee also

*Stanley Meyer's water fuel cell
*Water-fuelled car
*Stanley Meyer

External links

* [http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=2827 Lortel Archives entry]
* [http://www.ibdb.com/production.asp?ID=4045 IBDb entry]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105788/ IMDb entry]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Engine Takes to the Water — Infobox Album | Name = Engine Takes To The Water Type = Album Artist = June of 44 Released = 1995 Recorded = December 12 15, 1994 Genre = Indie rock, Math rock Length = 41:13 Label = Quarterstick Records Producer = Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5… …   Wikipedia

  • The Little Engine That Could (film) — Infobox Film name = The Little Engine That Could image size = caption = VHS cover, showing Tillie pulling the train director = Dave Edwards producer = Dave Edwards Mike Young writer = Ray Rhamey narrator = starring = Kath Soucie Frank Welker B.J …   Wikipedia

  • History of the steam engine — This article primarily deals with the history of the reciprocating type steam engine. The parallel development of turbine type engines is described in the steam turbine article. The history of the steam engine stretches back as far as the first… …   Wikipedia

  • Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends annuals — About the Annuals=After the Railway Series was published, many Thomas Annuals were printed and sold. They are still being made in print to this day. The Annuals have contained many activities, stories, and information about Thomas and his friends …   Wikipedia

  • Toby the Tram Engine — Toby is a fictional tram engine from The Railway Series by Rev. W. Awdry, as well as the TV Series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends . He works on the same Ffarquhar branch line as Thomas the Tank Engine. He is a tram engine with cowcatchers and …   Wikipedia

  • Smoke on the Water — Infobox Single Name = Smoke on the Water Artist = Deep Purple from Album = Machine Head B side = Smoke on the Water (Live in Japan) Released = 1972 Format = seven inch Gramophone record Recorded = December, 1971 Genre = Hard rock, heavy metal… …   Wikipedia

  • Engine cooling — is cooling an engine, typically using either air or liquid.OverviewHeat engines generate mechanical power by extracting energy from heat flows, much as a water wheel extracts mechanical power from a flow of mass falling through a distance.… …   Wikipedia

  • Engine Arm — The Engine Arm or Birmingham Feeder Arm near Smethwick, West Midlands, England, is a short canal built by Thomas Telford in 1825 to carry water from Rotton Park Reservoir (now called Edgbaston Reservoir) to the Old Line of the BCN Main Line Canal …   Wikipedia

  • Water speed record — The World Unlimited water speed record is the officially recognised fastest speed achieved by a water borne vehicle. The current record of 511 km/h (317 mph) was achieved in 1978. * From 1909 to 1927 the record was an unofficial listing from the… …   Wikipedia

  • Engine efficiency — of thermal engines is the relationship between the total energy contained in the fuel, and the amount of energy used to perform useful work. There are two classifications of thermal engines (1) Internal combustion (gasoline, diesel and gas… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”