1988 Event David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow," premieres in New York City 1983 Event David Mamet's "Glengarry Glen Ross," premieres in London 1977 Event David Mamet's "Life in the Theater," premieres in New York City 1976 Event David Mamet's "American Buffalo," premieres in New York City 1947 Birthday David Mamet, Chicago, playwright/dir, Speed the Plow, House of Games