Paradise Lost

Plot Summary

Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon as misfortune strikes them and the people running with them. Opened on Broadway in 1935, it became one of the Group Theatre's most controversial plays and Odets' favorite.

Top Cast

Luther Adler Self - Host

Jo Van Fleet Clara Gordon

Eli Wallach Leo Gordon

Sam Groom Ben Gordon

Bernadette Peters Libby Michaels