Paradise Lost (play)

Paradise Lost is a drama by Clifford Odets that takes place in 1932, during the Depression. The play was originally produced on Broadway in 1935, and was also filmed for television and broadcast in 1971.

A video tape production was first broadcast on American Public Television in two parts, on Februaryand March 4, 1971. The editor was Frank Herold and the play was recorded at Teletape Studios, NYC. Herold received a 1972 Emmy Award nomination for video editing.The play takes place in an unnamed American city during the Depression, in 1932. The head of the family, Leo, and his wife Clara are middleclass and prosperous. However, over the course of the play Leo and his partner Sam lose their handbag business and the family must come to terms with this. The other characters in the play include a friend, Gus, and his daughter, Libby, a frivolous and selfcentered young woman who is newly married to Leos son Ben a boarder, and an assortment of other characters. ........

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