Depth and deception in shadowy play

The Shawl. By David Mamet, Bewley’s Cafe Theatre, Dublin 2, until November 10

‘Can we raise the dead?” is the question being asked in David Mamet’s The Shawl, which is being staged as the first in a trilogy of ‘‘plays from the shadow world’’ at Bewley’s Cafe Theatre.

Written in Mamet’s trademark pithy style, it opens with a consultation between a clairvoyant and his female client as the psychic is scouting for clues ...