Play review - "Waiting for Lefty" (1935) by Clifford Odets

Famous 30s Depression era play, with a wonderful central idea, fabulously theatrical - it's a union meeting where the members are discussing whether to strike or not, and we flash back to different vignettes about capitalist exploitation. It's not subtle, and is certainly naive (eg praise of the Communist Party) but it's passionate and energetic, and you're swept along with it's bombast. Also Odets' way with language is entertaining. Must have been wonderful to see it during it's original production.