This author asserted that "the subject of drama is The Lie" in his dramaturgical work Three Usesof the Knife. One of this author's plays puts sections of dialogue in parentheses to indicate "a changeof outlook on the part of the speaker." The lesbian couple Grace and Ruthie appear in that play bythis author, in which Fletcher's absence results in a beating for Bobby, who had conspired withjunkshop owner Don and (*) Teach to steal the title coin. In his most famous play, James Lingk isbrowbeaten at a Chinese restaurant by Ricky Roma, while Dave 
This author asserted that "the subject of drama is The Lie" in his dramaturgical work Three Usesof the Knife. One of this author's plays puts sections of dialogue in parentheses to indicate "a changeof outlook on the part of the speaker." The lesbian couple Grace and Ruthie appear in that play bythis author, in which Fletcher's absence results in a beating for Bobby, who had conspired withjunkshop owner Don and (*) Teach to steal the title coin. In his most famous play, James Lingk isbrowbeaten at a Chinese restaurant by Ricky Roma, while Dave Moss and Shelley "The Machine" Leveneconspire to steal the title real estate leads. For 10 points, name this profanity-loving American playwrightof American Buffalo and Glengarry Glen Ross.
This author asserted that "the subject of drama is The Lie" in his dramaturgical work Three Usesof the Knife.
David Alan Mamet