The Country Girl, Clifford Odets
The Country Girl, Clifford Odets
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The Country Girl

Author: Clifford Odets

Narrator: Stacy Keach, Harry Hamlin, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 44 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/25/2009


Synopsis

One of America's great dramatists rocked the worlds of Broadway and Hollywood in this moving drama about a desperately self-destructive alcoholic actor and Georgie, his long-suffering wife. A searing, emotional play of love and redemption.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance starring:
Harry Hamlin as Bernie Dodd
Stacy Keach as Frank Elgin
Mare Winningham as Georgie Elgin
Jamie Hanes as Larry
Rick Podell as Phil Cook
Spencer Garrett as Paul Unger
Mandy Siegfried as Nancy Stoddard

Directed by Nancy Malone. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anton on January 18, 2025

Sinds de herverkiezing van Trump vind ik het lastig om al wat uit Amerika komt onbevooroordeeld te bekijken. Je herkent toch wel een aantal dingen. De oppervlakkigheid van de cultuur. De simplismen in de psychologie en het verhaal. De hang naar sentiment en happy end, de wonderlijke bekering en het......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on May 29, 2021

3½. When I was a rabid drunk, the 1954 film version of this play was one of my favorite films. It left me in ecstatic, self-inflicted agony. I can hardly remember it now. So I figured I'd read the play, seeing as how I've been unhappily sober for about decade at this point. There is a lot of power i......more

Goodreads review by Ben on December 03, 2019

I have mixed feelings about this play. Firstly it creates three good parts and the version I listened to had good actors fill those roles. On the otherhand it felt like a tired theme a once talented drunk trying to make it big again. Also it felt a bit dated particularly how we are supposed to take......more

Goodreads review by Brian on December 28, 2021

Sad, but well-constructed play. Odets does not disappoint!......more

Goodreads review by Kara on August 22, 2018

Worth it for the stage directions and parentheticals alone.......more