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Tony Award-winner Bernadette Peters, Eli Wallach, Fred Gwynne and Jo Van Fleet star in Clifford Odets' moving evocation of the Depression. Set in 1932, Paradise Lost unfolds in the modest two-family home of Leo and Clara Gordon, as misfortune strikes them. This controversial play was the author's favorite; conveying what one critic calls Odets' "rich, compassionate, angry feelings for people"."It is my hope," wrote Odets, "that when people see (it), they're going to be glad they're alive. And I hope that after they've seen it, they'll turn to strangers siting next to them and say 'hello."