Glengarry Glen Ross review – Mamet’s gender-swapped motormouths fail to close the deal
Old Vic theatre, LondonPatrick Marber’s perplexing revival of the salesmen classic amps up the comedy and the performance of masculinity but veers into Bugsy Malone territoryThere are few more masterly portraits of 1980s caveman capitalism than David Mamet’s drama about fast-talking Chicago real estate salesmen. Mamet is arguably the premier playwright for capturing American masculinity of this era, so it is surp…