Glengarry Glen Ross

Glengarry Glen Ross is about several real estate salesmen trying to make a living. They are trying to be the top salesman for the month to win a Cadillac. The bottom two on the list are supposed to be fired.

Even though this is not a long play there is alot of backstabbing. In the very first scene you have Levene trying to bribe Williamson, the office manager, to get better leads. Levene offers Williamson 10% of his closing but Williamson antes 20% plus $50 for each lead. Levene takes that deal but then says he has left his wallet in the hotel room so he gets the same kind of leads he has been getting.

In the next scene we have Aaronow and Moss talking about hypothetically robbing the office for the leads to sell them. Next thing you know Moss tells Aaronow it really isn't hypothetical and Aaronow is the one that needs to rob the office of the leads or Moss will turn him in for accessory before the fact.

Act three takes place in the robbed real estate office. Levene comes in all excited about closing a deal with some people that are very hard to deal with. So he bragging to everyone about how it went down. Come to find out Williamson gave Levene that lead because he knew it wouldn't pan out. The couple apparently are known for writing bad checks to salesmen. When Levene asked why Williamson told him, "because I don't like you."

In act three we learn who really robbed the office. It was not Aaronow like it is presumed in the beginning of act three but actually Levene who went in on the deal with Moss. After Levene admits to Williamson what really happened Williamson goes straight into the other office where the police officer is interviewing everyone and tells him who really did it.

It seems as though the only honest one in this play is Aaronow. He turned down Moss on his offer of robbing the office for money and leads. Also, at the end of the play he is waiting for leads to come in from the other office. Roma, is ok for being honest. He is on the shady side with the clients. Roma kept trying to lie to a client about the property he was wanting to buy but the client's wife wanted him to get out of it. Williamson announced that the check had already been taken to the bank when it really had not. Williamson did this to Roma on purpose and is another instance of backstabbing.

I enjoyed reading this play but I'm not sure how I much I would enjoy actually watching the play. As I read it I could feel the emotions that the characters were supposed to be portraying. I thought it was very well written.