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Last modified on Sun 13 Dec 2020 09.31 EST An anxious university student meets her professor about her grades. It takes place in his room and ends up in a college complaint for his allegedly inappropriate behaviour. He believes he has done no wrong. She feels violated and seeks redress. David Mamet’s combative two-hander might have reflected the issues and anxieties of the day at its premiere in 1992, but it is startling to see this revival following Harvey Weinstein’s watershed rape conviction. Could Mamet have written a #MeToo play long before #MeToo became a movement? Not quite, ...

© Nobby Clark Oblique wordplay, broken sentences, meanings just out of reach. The first act of David Mamet's 1992 two-hander about education and power lulls the watcher into a false sense of security. There's something difficult to grasp about the interrupted, back-and-forth dialogue between John, a professor at a university and his student Carol, but what exactly? It seems to be a case of a benevolent teacher helping to support a struggling student; an awkward, angry and confused young woman being transformed into a budding, confident intellectual. "Surprise is a form of aggression", says J...

Review Oleanna review, Theatre Royal, Bath: David Mamet's brutal battle of the sexes has never been more relevant 4/5 Expertly revived, this 1992 two hander is re-confirmed as a modern classic, but one that could fall foul of the censoriousness it critiques 10 December 2020 • 12:01am Jonathan Slinger and Rosie Sheehy in Oleanna at the Theatre Royal, Bath Credit: Nobby Clark An usher should hold up a sign at the end of this production advising patrons that if they wish to argue about what they’ve just seen they should remember to wear face-masks and keep a two-metre distance. David Mamet�...

in this jakarta neighborhood is giving families a way to make sure their youngest children are getting properly nourished. >> woodruff: we examine what's behind the borders bookstore bankruptcy as the chain prepares to shutter most of its nearly 400 outlets. >> brown: we continue our collaboration with "the economist" to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, one family's harrowing battle to keep their land in zimbabwe, despite brutal intimidation. >> woodruff: and margaret warner talks to journalist and author robin wright about her new book chronicling the rage and rebellion of ...

>> woodruff: we examine what's behind the borders bookstore bankruptcy as the chain prepares to shutter most of its nearly 400 outlets. >> brown: we continue our collaboration with "the economist" to highlight the art of filmmaking. tonight, one family's harrowing battle to keep their land in zimbabwe, despite brutal intimidation. >> woodruff: and margaret warner talks to journalist and author robin wright about her new book chronicling the rage and rebellion of the arab spring. >> there's no question that this is the greatest wave of empowerment in the 21st century, but it also face...