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Clifford Odets
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American playwright, screenwriter, and actor (1906–1963)

Also known as: Odets, Клиффорд Одетс, كليفورد أوديتس, 클리퍼드 오데츠, クリフォード・オデッツ, 克利福德·奥德斯

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Known works

  • Representative Modern Plays, American
  • The Best Plays of 1937-38 and the Year Book of the Drama In America
  • Twenty best plays of the modern American theatre
  • Golden boy
  • Humoresque