Clifford Odets
One of America's greatest dramatists rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor, Frank Elgin, and Georgie, his long-suffering wife. A searing, emotional play of love and redemption.
First published and performed in the US under the title A Country Girl, the play premiered in London in 1952 as Winter Journey, starring Michael Redgrave as Frank and Googie Withers as Georgie.
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Clifford Odets (1906-63) was born in Philadelphia and reared in New York City. In 1931 he was a founder of the Group Theatre in New York City. Most of his plays were produced by the Group Theatre, including Waiting For Lefty (1935), a one-act play that established his fame; A ...