Waiting For Lefty

Directions: Answer the following questions in the space provided then send your answers to yourself and/or your instructor.

1 What kind of audience do you think Odets had in mind when he wrote Waiting for Lefty? Provide evidence from the text to support your answer.
2 Waiting for Lefty employs elements of epic theatre and agit-prop drama. How does it compare as an example of these types of theatre to Brecht's The Good Person of Szechwan?
3 Waiting for Lefty has been performed all over the world in the decades since its premiere. What in the play makes it applicable to so many different time periods and locations? What has made it so controversial?
4 Who is Lefty and what does he represent? Is it significant that he never appears in the play? Explain.
5 How does the play utilize elements of the American minstrel show? Why do you think these elements are used in Waiting for Lefty?


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