Rocket to the Moon
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Rocket to the Moon (1938), a play by Clifford
Odets. [
Belasco Theatre, 131 perf.] Ben Stark ( Morris
Carnovsky) is a young dentist badgered by his pushy, shrewish wife, Belle ( Ruth Nelson), who believes he can make more money for himself and have more celebrity as a specialist. Belle's rich father, Mr. Prince ( Luther
Adler), is caught in the middle. He wants the best for his daughter and has offered to set his son‐in‐law up as a specialist, but he himself was unhappily married and longs for the life he never had. He suggests that Ben have an affair with his dental secretary, Cleo Singer ( Eleanor Lynn). Ben does, but the affair turns out badly and Ben returns to his wife. When many critics assailed the
Group Theatre offering for its weak last act, Odets rewrote the work, but despite much fine dialogue and character observation, the play never fully succeeded.
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