Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1943.

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Correspondence with Franz Werfel, 1943.

Concerns Odets's work on an adaptation of Werfel's play Jacobowsky and the Colonel. In his letter to Odets Werfel expresses his conception of the characters and of the balance between tragedy and comedy in the play.

6 items (8 leaves).

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Odets, Clifford, 1906-1963

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Playwright; New York, N.Y. From the description of Clifford Odets sketches. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 42743828 Clifford Odets was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1906. He left school at age fourteen and worked as an actor in local New York theater groups and traveling stock companies until 1930. That same year the Group Theatre was formed. As one of the founding members, Odets continued acting, but found new release for his creativity in writing pl...