THREE PLAYS : Awake and Sing; Waiting for Lefty; & Till the Day I Die
by Odets, Clifford
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Berkeley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Covici Friede, 1935. First Edition, First Thus . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Text/BRAND NEW & bright. Beige linen boards/NF w/trace bowing. DJ/None. Endpapers showing discoloration; tracepaper remanent to fEP (book plate removal?). Frontispiece: Stage scene photo; loose at lower edge. Collection of the three plays that earned Philadephia born, Bronx raised Clifford Odets (1906 - 1963) a reputation of a leading proletarian playwright, although he was less concerned with workers than the "fraud" of middleclass sector who were becoming increasingly aware that many of their cherished ideals were no longer based on reality. Awake and Sing (1935) and Till the Day I Die (1935) are about the struggle of German communists at the beginning of Hitler's regime. Waiting for Lefty (1935) deals with a taxi strike.
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- Bookseller
- 100 POCKETS (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 000255
- Title
- THREE PLAYS : Awake and Sing; Waiting for Lefty; & Till the Day I Die
- Author
- Odets, Clifford
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Thus
- Publisher
- Covici Friede
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1935
- Keywords
- Drama, Anthology, One-act Plays, Social Issues
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