'Oleanna' is in short one of the most complex plays of the 20th century - plot and sub-plot.

... PLOT AND SUB - PLOT 'Oleanna' is in short one of the most complex plays of the 20th century. 'Oleanna' is a 'particularly virulent battle in the war between women and men. 'Oleanna' is deceptively simple in plot and only becomes complicated when you try to figure out exactly what happened. A lot is said, but a lot more is insinuated and even more is to be discussed about.' (one on onethe best women's monologues for the nineties edited by jack Temchin.) 'Oleanna' is a duologue, it is written in three acts, in which it manages to enrage the full audience. Men in the first act and women in the second, the third act is totally open-ended and is left to the audience's interpretation. This is why Mamet wants the dialogue to be kept exactly the same. He wants the audience to see his own views rather than the director's interpretation. Mamet has,

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