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Clifford Odets papers, 1926-1963

Title: Clifford Odets papers 1926-1963

Clifford Odets, playwright of the 1930s, was born in Philadelphia on July 18, 1906. He began his acting career on radio and in stock companies. In 1928, he acted with the Theatre Guild, which later introduced the Group Theatre. His first successful play was the one act play , produced by the Group Theatre in 1935. In 1936, Odets began working in Hollywood as a screenwriter and producer. He later returned to writing plays in 1937 and wrote which became his biggest hit. His last Broadway success was in 1950. Odets died in Los Angeles on August 14, 1963. The Clifford Odets papers contain diaries, scripts, screenplays, personal and professional notes, research materials, clippings, photographs, and scrapbooks. In addition, the collection contains other writings by Clifford Odets such as poetry, short stories, articles, and paintings. There are also biographical notes on Clifford Odets and his father, Louis J. Odets, for the book . Waiting for Lefty Golden Boy The Country Girl Clifford Odets, The American Playwright by Margaret Brenman-Gibson

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Love, Kermit.,. The Bix pieces : music scores used by Twyla Tharp for her dance, 1971.

Title: The Bix pieces : music scores used by Twyla Tharp for her dance, 1971.

Folders contain: script for the second part of the dance, "Why they were made", with musical entrance notes; piano scores, vocal and instrumental parts for every piece included in the dance: In a mist, by Bix Beiderbecke; T'aint so honey, t'aint so, by Willard Robison; That's my weakness now, by Bud Green and Sam H. Stept; Borneo, adapted by Walter Donaldson; Because my baby don't mean maybe now, by Walter Donaldson; I want to be happy, by Vincent Youmans; Abide with me, arranged by Thelonious Monk; String Quartet in C major, "The Emperor", by Joseph Haydn, revised by Andreas Moser and Hugo Dechert, published in his "30 celebrated quartets for 2 violins, viola and violoncello. All the scores are facsimile reproductions of the manuscript, except Haydn's String quartet, published by E.F.Kalmus; some of the scores are annotated by Tharp.

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