page_title: Of Mice and Men (play)
section_title: Plot
hierarchical_section_title: Of Mice and Men (play) / Plot
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Wallace Ford (left) and Broderick Crawford in the original Broadway production of Of Mice and Men, which cited the production for excellence in the theatre Caption reads as follows: Because last November we saw Of Mice and Men, as John Steinbeck had adapted it himself and as George Kaufman had staged it. Because we were galvanized by the stark reality, the truth, and the inevitable forward lunge of what we were seeing. Because Wallace Ford played George simply, out of a deep understanding. Because Broderick Crawford played Lennie, the huge, pathetic moron—the part they said nobody could play—with such quiet skill. Because we went home knowing that we had seen a great story, superbly told.
context_page_description: Of Mice and Men is a play adapted from John Steinbeck's 1937 novel of the same name. The play, which predates the Tony Awards and the Drama Desk Awards, earned the 1938 New York Drama Critics' Circle Best Play.
context_section_description: George, an affable migrant farm worker, and Lennie, a towering simple-minded pleasantly humble young man, are the subjects. They are bound by George's devotion and Lennie's "pathetic helplessness". George's guardianship keeps Lennie out of trouble, but we soon see this is a slippery slope. Lennie's displays of love result in several deaths ranging from mice and puppies to a beautiful woman. Eventually, in the face of a lynch mob, George kills Lennie to put him out of his misery.
caption: Wallace Ford and Broderick Crawford in the original Broadway production of Of Mice and Men (1938)
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