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Clifford Odets

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Born: July 17 1906

Died: 1313 08 19631963

Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. Odets was born in Philadelphia to Louis Odets and Pearl Geisinger, Russian- and Romanian-Jewish immigrants, and raised in Philadelphia and the Bronx, New York. He dropped out of high school after two years to become an actor. In 1931, he became a founding member of the Group Theatre, a highly influential New York theatre company that utilized an acting technique new to the United States. This technique was based on the system devised by the Russian actor and director Constantin Stanislavski. It was further developed by Group Theatre director Lee Strasberg and became known as The Method or Method Acting. Odets eventually became the Group's primary playwright.

Clifford Odets

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Born: July 17 1906

Died: 1313 08 19631963

Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director. Odets was born in Philadelphia to Louis Odets and Pearl Geisinger, Russian- and Romanian-Jewish immigrants, and raised in Philadelphia and the Bronx, New York. He dropped out of high school after two years to become an actor. In 1931, he became a founding member of the Group Theatre, a highly influential New York theatre company that utilized an acting technique new to the United States. This technique was based on the system devised by the Russian actor and director Constantin Stanislavski. It was further developed by Group Theatre director Lee Strasberg and became known as The Method or Method Acting. Odets eventually became the Group's primary playwright.

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