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Abstract Clifford Odets(1906-1963),born in Philadelphia and reared in the Bronx of NewYork, quit school at fifteen to become an actor. After action with the Theatre Guild, he become one of the founders of the group theatre and was catapulated into fame by their production of his play WAITING FOR LEFTY 1935 dealing with a taxi strike. This success was followed by the production of Awake AND Sing 1935 and the one-act play TILL THE DAY I DIE 1935 about the steuggle of the German Communists at the beginning of the Hitler Regime. |