Death Defying Acts

... there's insufficient information provided here to be certain, but judging by title, publisher and date of publication, this should be the text of three short plays by David Mamet, Elaine May and Woody Allen. I saw the plays and have since been hoping to come across a copy of Elaine May's brilliant sketch about a suicidal prostitute and a first-time volunteer at a suicide hotline. David Mamet's play was little more than a drawn-out joke, a bit tedious, but I often quote it for an example of a wilful misunderstanding that gets out of hand. And I don't remember a thing about the Woody Allen play so I can't comment on it, other to say that it was the longest of the three and evidently the least memorable.