آن بهشت گم شده

by Clifford Odets, Ali Ohadi (Translator)

The book is a translation of two famous plays (Waiting for Lefty and The Last Paradize) by Clifford Odets (American playwriter) to Persian, together with his biography and a completly analytic introduction on all his works.

Genres: Plays, Drama

Paper back

First published January 1, 1375

About the author

Clifford Odets (July 18, 1906 – August 14, 1963) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and director.

Odets was born in Philadelphia to Louis Odets (born Gorodetsky) and Pearl Geisinger, Russian- and Romanian-Jewish immigrants, and raised in Philadelphia and the Bronx, New York. He dropped out of high school after two years to become an actor.

In 1931, he became a founding member of the Group Theatre, a highly influential New York theatre company that utilized an acting technique new to the United States. This technique was based on the system devised by the Russian actor and director Constantin Stanislavski. It was further developed by Group Theatre director Lee Strasberg and became known as The Method or Method Acting. Odets eventually became the Group's primary playwright.

Reviews

[Ali]

The book is a translation of two famous plays (Waiting for Lefty and The Last Paradize) by Clifford Odets (American playwriter) to Persian, together with his biography and a completly analytic introduction on all his works.
اگرچه "بهشت گم شده" ترجمه ی دو اثر مشهور "کلیفورد اودتس" نمایش نامه نویس دهه های بیست و سی قرن بیستم آمریکاست، اما بخش اصلی کتاب، بررسی و تحلیلی ست از تمامی آثار اودتس همراه با شرح حال او. به همین جهت کتاب بیشتر یک تالیف است تا ترجمه.

کلیفورد اودتس، بزرگ ترین پسر یک خانواده ی متوسط کلیمی در فیلادلفیا، در 18 جولای 1907 به دنیا آمد. پدرش
روزنامه فروش بود و مادرش روزگاری در کارخانه ای کار می کرد.
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با وجودی که اودتس در زمانه ی خود نوآوری و خلاقیت های تازه ای در گستره ی درام داشت، اما آثار او در تاریخ تیاتر معاصر چندان جای بزرگی را اشغال نکرده اند. آنچه آثار او را برجسته می کند، تصویر ماندگی و عجز، پذیرش و تهی شدن از اعتراض در پناه تخدیر خیال برای یک آرمان شهر پا در هوا،
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با توجه به این که "گودریدز" سیاستش را عوض کرده و دیگر "پی دی اف" ثبت نمی کند، در صورتی که علاقمند به خواندن این کتاب هستید، یک ئی میل یا آدرسی که بشود پرونده "همراه"ش کرد، بفرستید تا کل کتاب بصورت "پی دی اف" برایتان ارسال شود

[Ali]

ترجمه ی دو نمایش نامه از کلیفورد اوتس، تحلیلی از آثار اودتس، همراه با توضیحات و یادداشت هایی در مورد نمایش نامه ها و دوران کلیفورد اودتس

[Jojo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Summary: I don't really wanna bother with a summary but here's my best shot: it's mainly focused on this one family and their struggle during the depression. One of them gets married (though she seems to have a thing for this other guy) and he gets mad how the other guy seems to shower her in gifts and money while he struggles to earn money (despite his glory days as a runner). Another son of theirs winds up getting sick. Then there's the talented pianist daughter...the father is struggling with his business and his business partner comes up with the idea of getting insurance from a fire but he doesn't approve of that plan. The final act sees the family having to leave their family home. The son (the former runner) has been killed in some venture with the pal of his (whose also in love with his wife). The other son is much more ill and that's about it.
Review: Again, I just don't really click with these plays by Odets...I suppose you could say why keep reading them then? Well, they get my numbers up. lol Anyway I don't know what it is about them but I just don't connect with the characters and it's all a bit blah.
Grade: D+

[Dianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although I don't think this is Odets' best play, it sure has a lot of things to say about our current economic situation, including government intervention or lack thereof. Essentially, it tells the story of 2 intertwined urban families who are battling the Depression. I was intrigued to read it because Oregon Shakespeare Festival has included this in their 2009 season. Odets is mainly known for plays such as "The Big Knife" which were made into screenplays for movies in the 50s. His gifts, as shown in "Paradise Lost", are characterization, dialogue and expert use of language, so that the play often cuts right through you. Like Doubt: a parable, which I reviewed earlier, I believe this play will shine a lot more when it is actually dramatized onstage. With the interweaving of dialogue, and the constant hubbub of activity, it is sometimes hard to picture all that's going on onstage, however by the final soliloquy, I found myself very moved by the characters' plights, and the hope Odets leaves the audience with.

[Letitia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not terrible but certainly not one of the classics that remains alive and timeless. Odets overestimated this work even in his own time. Audiences hated it!