The Frog Prince

by David Mamet

38 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

David Alan Mamet is an American author, essayist, playwright, screenwriter and film director. His works are known for their clever, terse, sometimes vulgar dialogue and arcane stylized phrasing, as well as for his exploration of masculinity.

As a playwright, he received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross (1984) and Speed-the-Plow (1988). As a screenwriter, he received Oscar nominations for The Verdict (1982) and Wag the Dog (1997).

Mamet's recent books include The Old Religion (1997), a novel about the lynching of Leo Frank; Five Cities of Refuge: Weekly Reflections on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy (2004), a Torah commentary, with Rabbi Lawrence Kushner; The Wicked Son (2006), a study of Jewish self-hatred and antisemitism; and Bambi vs. Godzilla, an acerbic commentary on the movie business.

Reviews

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

A one-act play. It was interesting and entertaining and likely better as a performance than reading experience (as plays ought to be) but I didn’t find myself enthusiastic about it.

[Nora · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful - Mamet weaves a dark political undercurrent that adds depth and unease into an otherwise innocouos fairy-tale. Man, I wish this thing had spellcheck.