Oleanna (play)

Oleanna
View of Broadway Theaters on 45th Street at night with Oleanna Marquee visible
Written byDavid Mamet
Date premieredMay 1992
Place premieredAmerican Repertory Theater, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama

Oleanna is a 1992 two-character play by David Mamet, about the power struggle between a university professor and one of his female students, who accuses him of sexual harassment and, by doing so, spoils his chances of being accorded tenure. The play's title, taken from a folk song, refers to a 19th-century escapist vision of utopia.[1] Mamet adapted his play into a 1994 film of the same name.

  1. ^ Rich, Frank (October 26, 1992). "Mamet's New Play Detonates The Fury of Sexual Harassment". The New York Times.