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CLA Journal, v. XL, June, 1997. Reproduced by permission.—Midwest Quarterly, v. XXVI, Winter, 1985. Reproduced by permission.—Modern Drama, v. 2, May, 1959; v. XIX, March, 1976; v. XXI, September, 1978; v. XXIX, March, 1986. Copyright © 1959, 1967, 1976, 1978, University of Toronto, Graduate Centre for Study of Drama. Reproduced by permission.—New York, v. 25, November 2, 1992. Reproduced by permission.— Newsweek, v. CXX, November 2, 1992. Reproduced by permission.—PMLA, v. 100, March, 1985. Reproduced by permission.—Publishers Weekly, v. 228, August 2, 1985. Reproduced by permission.

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Clurman, Harold. From an introduction to Six Plays of Clifford Odets. The Modern Library, 1939. Copyright, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, by Clifford Odets. © 1979 by Harold Clurman. From Waiting For Lefty and Other Plays by Clifford Odets. Reprinted by permission of Grove/Atlantic, Inc.—Gassner, John. From Dramatic Soundings: Evaluations and Retractions Culled from 30 Years of Dramatic Criticism. Edited by Glenn Loney. Crown Publishers, Inc., 1968. © 1968 by Mollie Gassner. Reproduced by permission.—Groman, George. From “Clifford Odets and the Creative Imagination,” in Critical Essays on Clifford Odets. Edited by Gabriel Miller. G. K. Hall & Co., 1991. The Gale Group.—Krutch, Joseph Wood. From “Comedy,” in The American Drama since 1918. George Braziller, Inc., 1957. Copyright © 1939, 1957 by Joseph Wood Krutch. Reproduced by permission of George Braziller, Inc.—Morton, Richard. From “The Duchess of Malfi: Overview,” in Reference Guide to English Literature, Second Edition. Edited by D. L. Kirkpatrick. St. James Press, 1991. The Gale Group.—Schroeder, Patricia R. From “Realism and Feminism in the Progressive Era,” in The Feminist Possibilities of Dramatic Realism. Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. Reproduced by permission of Associated University Presses.—Simonson, Harold P. From Zona Gale. Twayne Publishers, 1962. Copyright © 1962 by Twayne Publishers, Inc. Reproduced by permission.

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Albertson, Jack, (left) playfully boxing with Martin Sheen in an army uniform in the 1968 movie version of the play “The Subject Was Roses,” written by Frank D. Gilroy, film directed by Ulu Grosbard, movie still. The Kobal Collection / MGM. Reproduced by permission.—Bellamy, Ralph, and Greer Garson in the movie “Sunrise at Campobello” which portrays the life of Franklin Delano and Eleanor Roosevelt, September 16, 1960, photograph. AP/Wide World Photos. Reproduced by permission.— Bellamy, Ralph, and Mary Fickett (unidentified young woman in center) as Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt in the 1958 Broadway play “Sunrise at Campobello,” New York City, 1958, photograph. © Bettmann/Corbis. Reproduced by permission.—Cater, John, as Krupp (smoking, feet up on chair) and Daniel Massey as Joe (wearing pinstriped vest and pants) in the Royal Shakespeare Company’s 1983 production of “The Time of Your Life,” written by William Saroyan, performed at Stratford-upon-Avon, England, 1983, photograph. Donald Cooper © Photostage. Reproduced by permission.— Cobb, Lee J., flanked by Barbara Stanwyck and William Holden in the 1939 movie “Golden Boy,” directed by Rouben Mamoulian, movie still. The Kobal Collection. Reproduced by permission.— Cover illustration of “The Playbill,” for “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” showing African American man and child holding hands, written by August Wilson, directed by Lloyd Richards, performed at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York, beginning March 27, 1988. PLAYBILL ® is a registered trademark of Playbill Incorporated, N.Y.C. All rights reserved. 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