Three Uses of the Knife

Three Uses of the Knife

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name = Three Uses of the Knife
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author = David Mamet
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country = United States
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series = The Columbia Lectures on American Culture
subject = Drama
publisher = Columbia University Press
release_date = February 1998
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pages = 96 (first edition, clothbound)
isbn = ISBN 023111088X
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"Three Uses of the Knife: On the Nature and Purpose of Drama" is a book by David Mamet that discusses playwriting. In it, Mamet discusses the conscious and unconscious processes that go on in developing a work of art.


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