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Item Details
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CLIFFORD ODETS
A RESEARCH AND PRODUCTION SOURCEBOOK |
| By: |
William W. Demastes |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£68.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0313262942 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780313262944 |
| Publisher: |
ABC-CLIO |
| Pub. date: |
19 July, 1991 |
| Edition: |
Annotated edition |
| Series: |
Modern Dramatists Research & Production Sourcebooks |
| Pages: |
224 |
| Description: |
This volume includes a biographical essay; a critical overview, production history, and plot summary of each dramatic product; annotated primary and secondary bibliographies; and production credits. |
| Synopsis: |
Best known as a revolutionary playwright of the 1930s, Clifford Odets may have reached his zenith when four of his plays were produced on Broadway in 1935: Waiting for Lefty, Till the Day I Die, Awake and Sing!, and Paradise Lost. His plays, however, also show a romantic strain and are at least as much inimate and personal as they are political, often reflecting the isolation and loneliness of individuals in family settings. Never achieving the acclaim of Eugene O'Neill, who came before, or Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, who followed, Odets bridged the gap between earlier melodramatic theatre and the mature post-World War II drama on the American stage, creating rich and varied drama well into the 1950s. That his plays continue to be appraised and performed is clearly evident in this detailed and carefully articulated sourcebook. A near-exhaustive resource for both literary and theatrical research materials on Odets's dramatic career, the volume is organized and indexed for quick reference.Included are a biographical essay; critical overview, production history, and plot summary of each dramatic product; annotated primary and secondary bibliographies and information on archival sources; and production credits. Essential for research libraries and theatre collections, the volume will be useful to theatre scholars and practitioners and to anyone interested in the work of this significant modern American playwright. |
| Illustrations: |
black & white illustrations |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Greenwood Press |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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