Lefty in Pittsburgh
Sirs:
Your very interesting story titled "AgitProp" [TIME, June 17], which tells of the campaign of suppression accorded Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty and of the currently expanding workers' theatre, should be amplified to a certain extent. Your write-up does not mention a rather amazing and in ways amusing "Pittsburgh episode" which is newsworthy as well.
Although outside New York the Odets piece has, in certain sections, been banned, in others its actors jailed, its director kidnapped, the two Pittsburgh presentations have been hailed, applauded and even encouraged. The local...
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