The Cryptogram is a 1995 play by American playwright David Mamet. The play concerns the moment when childhood is lost. The story is set in 1959 on the night before a young boy goes on a camping trip with his father. Childhood Star, Zaks Lubin appeared...
(DONMAR WAREHOUSE; 249 SEATS; 29 [pounds sterling] ($54) TOP) LONDON A Donmar Warehouse presentation of a play in one act by David Mamet. Directed by Josie Rourke. Set and costumes, Peter McKintosh; lighting, Neil Austin; production stage manager, Lucy McEwan. Opened, reviewed Oct....
Have you ever seen an air courier with a briefcase handcuffed to his arm? CryptoGram operates a lot like that. It locks down e-mail attachments and uploaded files so only users with the correct keys can see inside. Others see unintelligible garbage, if...
[Lahr is a prizewinning American critic, nonfiction writer, playwright, novelist, biographer, and editor. In the review below, he offers a highly favorable assessment of The Cryptogram, lauding the work's dramatic intensity and focus on betrayal, death, and emotional abuse.]
In the following review of A Whore's Profession, McCue summarizes several key points of the collection and then pans The Cryptogram for what he judges to be wandering, fragmentary dialogue.
