[Original Corrected Typescript of:] WACHET AUF UND RÃHMET [i.e. AWAKE AND SING]
by Odets, Clifford
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About This Item
[Np], [nd. but ca 1962]. [1],205 leaves. Original typescript, on rectos only of 30 x 21 cm stock, claspbound at left margin. Outer leaves a bit chipped, frayed and dust marked, remainder very good or better. Odets's own copy of a translation into German of his 1935 award-winning drama, the translator unidentified. Accompanied by a brief t.l.s. from Odets's agent for foreign rights, Elisabeth Marton, to Odets in Beverly Hills, 17 December 1962: "Dear Clifford: Enclosed is the German translation of your AWAKE AND SING. With kindest regards and best wishes for the holidays, Elisabeth." The typescript bears manuscript revisions and corrections scattered throughout, including one substantial passage on the blank verso of one leaf. The Marton agency transplanted to Los Angeles during and after the war years and continued to represent the translation and foreign rights interests for writers with whom they were associated prior to the war. It would not be impossible that Elisabeth was responsible for the translation of this work. The earliest book publication of a German translation of this play in book form located in OCLC appeared in 1985, the translation credited to Ursula Grützmacher-Tabori.
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- Title
- [Original Corrected Typescript of:] WACHET AUF UND RÃHMET [i.e. AWAKE AND SING]
- Author
- Odets, Clifford
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Place of Publication
- [Np]
- Date Published
- [nd. but ca 1962]
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