Group Theatre's Depression-Era '1931-' Receives First Revival
The Group Theatre, whose existence from 1931-1941 overlapped the Great Depression, stated its aim as “propaganda for a better life.” Playwright Clifford Odets, along with Stella Adler, Sanford Meisner, and Lee Strasberg (all of whom became distinguished acting teachers) were among the Group’s mainstays. The collective’s heroes were the jobless and homeless working- and middle-class; its villai…