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Name: Edmond
Author: David Mamet

In David Mamet’s terse, stage‑ready drama, Edmond Burke is a modest, struggling teacher whose life is upended by a chance encounter with a fortune‑teller in New York City. The teller’s biting commentary reels Edmond into the city’s gritty underworld, where he becomes entangled in a sinister game of sex, deceit, and murder. Three young women—each with their own secrets—become pawns in a twisted web that tests Edmond’s morality and will to survive. The play’s intense characters and dark plot underscore themes of fate, manipulation, and the violent underbelly of urban life.

First publish date: 1983

Genre: Drama & Plays/Drama

Authors: David Mamet

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