戴维·马梅特(David Mamet,1947——)是一位演员出身的剧作家,七十年代初开始戏剧创作生涯。马梅特的作品大多以作者本人早年的芝加哥生活经历为背景,着重表现人与人之间细致入微的关系。他的作品在对话的准确、凝炼和充满抑扬顿挫的音响魅力方面独具一格。因此很多剧评家把他比作为美国的品特。马梅特是美国当代的一位很有前途的剧作家。他虽然在七十年代才开始创作,起步 David Mamet (1947--) is an actress-born playwright who started his dramatic career in the early 1970s. Most of his works are based on the author’s early life experiences in Chicago, focusing on nuanced relationships between people. His work is unique in the accuracy of conversation, the condensation and full of cadence of acoustics. So many critics compare him to Pinterton. Mamet is a promising American playwright. Although he started writing and started in the seventies,