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China Doll (Mamet)

  • David Mamet
  • Full Length Play, Dark Comedy, Contemporary
  • 2M
  • ISBN: 9780573706455

"David Mamet has written a devastating portrait of a David Koch/Sheldon Adelson-style tycoon... The carefully parsed-out details make for a riveting second act. Much of the language is sublime and there are great one liners along the way."

The Wrap

  • Full Length Play
  • Dark Comedy
  • 120 minutes

  • Time Period: Contemporary
  • Target Audience: Adult
  • Set Requirements: Interior Set
  • Cautions: Mild Adult Themes, Strong Language

  • Performance Group:
  • College Theatre / Student, Community Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, Professional Theatre
A very wealthy businessman buys a plane to carry his fiancée, a non-US citizen, into Canada. However, an unexpected landing of the plane prompts an investigation into the man's affairs based on his tax payment history.

As his assistant tries to help him put things back together, secrets are revealed, and it its discovered the man is a powerful political insider who's been evading tax law. The investigation deepens and his future is even more at risk.

REVIEWS:

"David Mamet has written a devastating portrait of a David Koch/Sheldon Adelson-style tycoon... The carefully parsed-out details make for a riveting second act. Much of the language is sublime and there are great one liners along the way."

The Wrap

Premiere Production: China Doll premiered on Broadway at the Schoenfeld Theater in October 2015 under the direction of Pam MacKinnon.
  • Casting: 2M
  • Casting Attributes: All Male

  • MICKEY ROSS - an older man
    CARSON - his assistant
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    A very wealthy businessman buys a plane to carry his fiancée, a non-US citizen, into Canada. However, an unexpected landing of the plane prompts an investigation into the man's affairs based on his tax payment history.

    As his assistant tries to help him put things back together, secrets are revealed, and it its discovered the man is a powerful political insider who's been evading tax law. The investigation deepens and his future is even more at risk.

    $24.95