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Author Brenman-Gibson, Odets' friend as well as a respected psychoanalyst, penned this definitive biography of the playwright.
Synopsis
Clifford Odets through his plays which include Waiting for Lefty and Awake and Sing was the champion of the oppressed avenger for the poor. He and his plays as presented by the influential Group Theatre were the conscience of America during the Depression. Author Margaret Brenman-Gibson a respected psychoanalyst and close personal friend penned what is considered the classic biography of Odets. Based on exhaustive research including access to his personal papers plus her own insights into the man and his career it is at last back in prtin. The book is richly annotated with a thorough bibliography personal chronology a list of Odets' works published and unpublished and a section of rare photographs.
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CLIFFORD ODETS AMERICAN PLAY WRIGHT 1906-1940