Waiting for Lefty

by Clifford Odets

Synopsis

When it was first produced by the Group Theater in 1935, Waiting for Lefty made a sensation of its playwright, Clifford Odets, who became the theatrical conscience of his generation. Lefty is the story of a meeting of a New York cab driver’s union on the verge of a strike. The union’s leader does everything he can to discourage it, and the mysterious absence of the union advocate Lefty Costello doesn’t bode well for the would-be strikers. After hearing the heart-wrenching tales of four hard-working cab drivers – each story dramatized before the eyes of the audience – the play transitions back to the final moments of the heated union meeting.

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