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Waiting for Lefty is a 1935 play by the American playwright Clifford Odets; it was his first play to be produced. Consisting of a series of related vignettes, the entire play is framed by a meeting of cab drivers who are planning a labor strike. The framing uses the audience as part of the meeting. The play debuted on Sunday, January 6, 1935 ...
Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) [1] 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]
Tragicomedy (play) Waiting for Godot (/ ˈɡɒdoʊ / ⓘ GOD-oh[1]) is a play by Irish playwright Samuel Beckett in which two characters, Vladimir (Didi) and Estragon (Gogo), engage in a variety of discussions and encounters while awaiting the titular Godot, who never arrives. [2] Waiting for Godot is Beckett's reworking of his own original ...
“Waiting for Lefty” is the first play written by Clifford Odets, who inspired the likes of Arthur Miller, Neil Simon and David Mamet. MSU Theatre's 'Waiting for Lefty' delves into unions, anti ...
Abdul Halim Sharar (Urdu: عبدالحلیم شرر; 4 September 1860 – 1 December 1926) [1] [2] was an Indian author, playwright, essayist and historian from Lucknow. He left behind, in all, hundred and two books. He often wrote about the Islamic past and extolled virtues like courage, bravery, magnanimity and religious fervour.
Mirza Adeeb:مرزا ادیب, PP, BA (Hon), (Urdu: مرزا ادیب — Mirzā Adīb; 4 April 1914 – 31 July 1999 [2][1][3][4]), also known as Meerza Adeeb, (میرزا ادیب — Mīrzā Adīb), [4] was a Pakistani dramatist, playwright and short story writer who wrote in Urdu and Punjabi language. [5] His plays and short stories won him ...
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Harold Clurman. Harold Edgar Clurman (September 18, 1901 – September 9, 1980) was an American theatre director and drama critic. In 2003, he was named one of the most influential figures in U.S. theater by PBS. [1] He was one of the three founders of New York City's Group Theatre (1931–1941).