Series I consists of original and copied plays and screenplays written or adapted by Clifford Odets. The works range in date from Waiting for Lefty from 1938 to the scripts he did for The Richard Boone Show in 1963. Present in this series are first, second, and third drafts as well as final versions of plays and screenplays.
The Big Knife
Box 1
1948, undated, 2 folders
Box 1
Third Draft, (copy) circa, 1948-1949, 3 folders
Box 1
Partial (copy), undated
Box 1
Screenplay by James Poe (from the play by Clifford Odets), undated, 2 folders
Box 1
The Children's Story (working title), 1945 May, 1945
Country Girl
Box 1
Second Draft, (copy), 1949, 2 folders
Box 1
Third Draft (copy), 1949 October 25, 1949
Box 1
Third Draft (copy), undated, 2 folders
Box 1
Fourth Draft (copy), 1950 August, 1950
Box 1
Fourth Draft (copy), undated, 2 folders
Box 1
Final, As Being Played (copy), 1949, 2 folders
Box 1
Uncut Version, 1949 October 17, 1949, 2 folders
Box 2
Uncut Version (copy), 1949 October 17, 1949, 2 folders
Box 2
Early Notes and Scenes (copy), 1949, 3 folders
Box 2
Notes (copy), undated
Box 2
Production Notes (copy), 1950, 2 folders
Box 2
Deadline at Dawn--Final Script, 1945 April 16, 1945, 2 folders
The Greatest Gift
Box 2
1945 January 25, 1945, 2 folders
Box 2
undated, 2 folders
Box 2
Incomplete, 1945 February26, 1945
Joseph and His Brethren
Box 2
First Estimating Draft, 1954 May 10, 1954, 2 folders
Box 2
Second Estimating Draft, 1954 December 30, 1954, 2 folders
Box 2
The Murder Story (working title)--First Draft,, undated, 2 folders
Box 2
Night Music
, 1940, 3 folders
Box 3
Night Music
, 1940
Box 3
None but the Lonely Heart (adapted from Richard Llewellyn's novel)--Second Draft Continuity (revised), 1943 December 18, 1943, 2 folders
North Star (The Richard Boone Show)
Box 3
1963 April 10, 1963
Box 3
First Revision, 1963 April 26, 1963
Box 3
The Olympian--Drafts, Notes, Typescript (copy),, 1963
Box 3
A Piece of the Action--Notes and Reviews (copy),, 1962
Box 3
Russian People by Constantine Simonov (acting version by Odets),, 1942
Box 3
The Show Must Go On-- Radio Original (copy),, 1939
The Story on Page One (temporary title)
Box 3
1958 October 1, 1958, 10 folders
Box 3
1958 April 27, 1958, 2 folders
Box 4
First Draft Revised, undated, 3 folders
Box 4
Final Draft, circa, 1959, 2 folders
Box 4
Waiting for Lefty
, 1938
Walk on the Wild Side (from the novel by Nelson Algren)
Box 4
Final Draft, 1961 March 14, 1961, 3 folders
Box 4
undated
The Way West
Box 4
First Draft, 1956 April, undated, 1956, undated, 3 folders
Box 4
Notes on Treatment by Walter Newman, 1955 November 9, 1955
Box 4
Research Notebook, 1956-1957, 2 folders
Box 4
Research Notebook (compiled by Lelia Alexander), undated, 2 folders
Box 4
Section I, undated, 2 folders
Box 4
Section II, undated, 2 folders
Box 4
Step Outline by Walter Newman, 1955 December 12, 1955
Box 5
Typescript, 1957 September-October (11 folders), 1957
Box 5
Welcome to the City!, 1944 September 6, 1944, 3 folders
Box 5
The Whispering Cup, 1947 January 10, 1947, 2 folders
A Winter Journey
Box 5
Early Draft (copy), 1948, 2 folders
Box 5
First Draft (copy), undated, 2 folders
Box 5
Third Draft (copy), 1948