Odets, Clifford (Vol. 2) - Odets, Clifford 1906–1963
Odets, Clifford 1906–1963
Odets, an American proletarian playwright who came to prominence in the 1930's, is best known for Waiting for Lefty.
[Clifford] Odets has never lost his talent for writing a good play. His ability to capture the cadences of contemporary speech and to reproduce them with poetic as well as social impact has made him worthy of a position of honor in American drama. But beyond this, Odets has consistently shown a profound respect for and understanding of human dignity. He may write of social forces from a somewhat negative point of view, but even his unsympathetic characters are written of from a more or less positive point of view. (p. 8)
Odets' basic concern has been more with causes than with effects or with remedies. He views his obligation as a writer as being more social than artistic…. During a decade when the proletariat was attempting to find an answer to the problems which the Depression inflicted...
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