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Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill , as O'Neill began to withdraw from Broadway's commercial pressures and increasing critical backlash. [2]
Clifford Odets (born July 18, 1906, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died August 14, 1963, Hollywood, California) was a leading dramatist of the theatre of social protest in the United States during the 1930s.
Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began to withdraw from Broadway's commercial pressures and increasing critical backlash.
Learn about the life and works of Clifford Odets, a founder member of the Group Theatre and a left-wing playwright of the 1930s. Find reference entries, works by Odets, and related items in Oxford Reference.
May 21, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Clifford Odets, America's outstanding dramatist in the 1930s. Explore his plays, films, and themes, from social protest to personal drama.
Clifford Odets was a playwright and screenwriter who wrote classics like Sweet Smell of Success and None But the Lonely Heart. He was also a member of the Group Theatre, a Communist sympathizer, and a witness before the HUAC.
Apr 9, 2006 · On April 17th, to mark the centennial of the birth of the playwright Clifford Odets, Lincoln Center Theatre will open a new production of “Awake and Sing!,”. Odets’s first full-length play ...
