{"product_id":"waiting-for-lefty-9780822212157","title":"Waiting for Lefty","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Clifford Odets\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Concord Theatricals\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Concord Theatricals\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe drama Waiting for Lefty is a series of scenes that blend into a powerful mosaic of the American working class. We begin in a hiring hall where a union leader (obviously on the payroll of the bosses) is trying to convince a committee of workers not to strike - as they await their leader (Lefty) to arrive. Through flashback and vignette, we then visit a discouraged taxi driver in confrontation with his wife, who wants him to show some backbone and stand up to his employer; an employee promised a major promotion in exchange for spying on a fellow worker; a young cabbie and his would-be bride who lack the wherewithal to get married; and a senior doctor charged with dismissing a bright, promising intern. All together, this look at the American working class of the 1930s is considered one of the most celebrated and significant plays of mid-century American theatre.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Concord Theatricals","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47775908233367,"sku":"9780822212157","price":1211.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780822212157.webp?v=1777993144","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/waiting-for-lefty-9780822212157","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}