American Buffalo A Play Author:David Mamet A two-act play, produced in 1975 and published in 1976, with sparse action, vivid dialogue, it examines mistrust and dishonesty among the conspirators in an aborted burglary. — Don Dubrow, the owner of a junk shop, decides to steal a customer's coin collection when he feels he has been bested in a transaction involving a buffalo nickel. He en... more »lists the help of a young drug addict named Bobby, but is convinced by a manipulative friend that Bobby is incompetent. Unable to trust either, Don invites a third person to join him. Bobby becomes a scapegoat as the burglary plot unravels and tensions build into suspicion, anger and violence.« less