How Good Is David Mamet, Anyway? Writings on Theatre - And Why It Matters

"Heilpern is as erudite and sophisticated as you'd expect an Oxford man who worked under Peter Hall at the Royal National Theatre to be, but his greatest merit as a critic may be his refusal to let intelligence get in the way of enthusiasm. When he loves a show, he simply loves it, losing all fear of being though unsubtle or indiscriminating....Heilpern's best writing offers many of the strange, almost religious delights of an evening at the theater....[This book is] more than a collection of witty essays or a defense of a seemingly archaic art form. It's a testament that, as Heilpern writes of a performance by Judi Dench, 'speaks to us of such a profound belief in theater that it amounts to a religion, a mysterious renewal, a way of life.'"Heilpern, John is the author of 'How Good Is David Mamet, Anyway? Writings on Theatre - And Why It Matters' with ISBN 9780415925471 and ISBN 0415925479.