Odets

American

[oh-dets] / oʊˈdɛts /

noun

Clifford, 1906–63, U.S. dramatist.

Odets British

/ əʊˈdɛts /

noun

Clifford. 1906–63, US dramatist; founder member of the Group Theatre. His plays include Waiting for Lefty (1935) and Golden Boy (1937)

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They included the playwright Clifford Odets and actors Morris Carnovsky and his wife Phoebe Brand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2020

Katelman, who worked with writers, including the acclaimed Paddy Chayefsky and Clifford Odets, said he preferred them to actors because they offered substance over ego and temperament.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 9, 2019

She heard stories about her grandfather growing up in the Amalgamated Housing Cooperative in the Bronx, doing Clifford Odets plays in the courtyard.

From Slate • May 7, 2018

Though Mr. Sullivan was unable to confirm Mr. Odets’s authorship of the sentence, he theorized that Mr. Odets wrote something similar, which was then misquoted in the 1971 textbook.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2017

She described Odets as pathologically jealous of her Oscar wins.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2014

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