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'''''Bobby Gould in Hell''''' is a [[Play (theatre)|play]] by the [[United States of America|American]] [[playwright]] [[David Mamet]]. It premiered [[Off-Broadway]] in 1989 and also ran in London in 1991. The one-act play (45 minutes) updates the life of the character Bobby Gould, from Mamet's 1988 play ''[[Speed-the-Plow]]''.
==Plot overview==
The play shows Bobby Gould, introduced in Mamet's 1988 play ''[[Speed-the-Plow]]'', and his time in [[Hell]] after he dies. Gould is subjected to questions from a devilish personage referred to simply as "The Interrogator." The Interrogator has had to interrupt a fishing trip in order to question Gould and he is consequently displeased. Through the course of the play, Gould confronts whether or not he is a "bad man."
==Productions==
''Bobby Gould in Hell'' premiered [[Off-Broadway]] at the [[Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts|Lincoln Center]] [[Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater]] on November 27, 1989, and closed on December 31, 1989, after 32 performances.<ref>[http://www.lortel.org/lla_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1378 ''Bobby Gould in Hell''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017065513/http://www.lortel.org/LLA_archive/index.cfm?search_by=show&id=1378# |date=2012-10-17 }} Internet Off-Broadway Database, accessed June 19, 2012</ref> Directed by [[Gregory Mosher]], the cast starred [[Treat Williams]] as Bobby Gould, [[William H. Macy|W. H. Macy]] as The Interrogator and [[Felicity Huffman]] as Glenna.<ref name=rich>Rich, Frank.[http://theater.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?res=950DE5DC143FF937A35751C1A96F948260 "Review/Theater; Mamet's Tasteful Hell for a Movie Mogul"] ''The New York Times'', December 4, 1989</ref>
The British premiere was presented by The Mandrake Theatre Company in September 1991 at the [[Lyric Theatre (Hammersmith)|Lyric Studio, Hammersmith]], in London. Directed by Aaron Mullen, the cast featured Steven O'Shea as The Interrogator, Nic d'Avirro as Bobby Gould, and Nancy Crane.<ref>Donald, Caroline.
"THEATRE.'Oh Hell' - Lyric Studio, London W6", ''The Independent'' (London),  September 20, 1991, p. 17</ref>
In both productions, ''Bobby Gould'' was double-billed with [[Shel Silverstein]]'s ''The Devil and Billy Markham'' under the title ''Oh, Hell''.<ref>David K. Sauer, Janice A. Sauer: ''David Mamet: A Research and Production Sourcebook'', pp 71 and 75, Greenwood Publishing Group (2003)</ref><ref>Simon, John. [https://books.google.com/books?id=NugCAAAAMBAJ "Beelzebubee"] ''New York Magazine'',  December 18, 1989, Vol. 22, No. 50, ISSN 0028-7369, p. 105</ref><ref>Mamet, David; Silverstein, Shel. ''Oh, Hell!: Two One-act Plays'', Samuel French, Inc., 1991, {{ISBN|0573692548}}, pp. 1-6, 47</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120130195151/http://www.samuelfrench.com/store/product_info.php/products_id/3695 ''Bobby Gould in Hell'', Samuel French]
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