One night some short weeks ago, for the first time in her not always happy life, Marilyn Monroe's soul sat down alone to a quiet supper from which it did not rise.

Odets's Group training under Strasberg's tutelage was essential to his development as a playwright. In 1938 the Group presented Odets's Rocket to the Moon a more reflective piece. With the extra time on his hands and at Clurman's urging he began to write plays.

Clifford Odets (July 18 1906 – August 14 1963) was an American playwright screenwriter and director.