The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman
One of the great successes of distinguished writer Lillian Hellman, this serious play about two women who run a school for girls highlights the real-life consequences of a lie told by a disgruntled student. After the malicious youngster starts a rumor about the two women, it soon turns to scandal. As the young girl comes to understand the power she wields, she sticks by her story, which precipitates tragedy for both women. It is later discovered that the gossip was pure invention, but it is too late. Irreparable damage has been done.
Hellman, Lillian: - Lillian Hellman was born in New Orleans on June 20, 1905. She moved to New York with her family in 1910, but spent half the year living in a boarding house with her aunts. After studying at both New York University and Columbia University, Hellman dropped out of school and worked as a book reviewer for the New York Herald Tribune. In 1930, she moved to Hollywood and became a script reader for MGM, where she became involved in the social and political scene. There, she met writer Dashiell Hammett and began a close relationship with him that lasted almost thirty years. Over the next 30 years she published many very successful plays: The Children's Hour (1934), The Little Foxes (1939), Watch on the Rhine (1941), The Lark (1955), and Toys in the Attic (1960). She taught at several colleges throughout the 1960s and 1970s, including Harvard and Yale. She published three volumes of memoirs, one of which won a National Book Award. She died in 1984 in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780822202059 |
| ISBN 10 | 0822202050 |
| Title | The Children's Hour |
| Author | Lillian Hellman |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Josef Weinberger Plays |
| Year published | 2002-03-15 |
| Number of pages | 75 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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