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Lillian Hellman

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Biography

Name: Lillian Florence Hellman
Birth Date: June 20, 1906
Death Date: June 30, 1984
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Place of Death: Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Female
Occupations: playwright

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Biography of Lillian Florence Hellman
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Lillian Florence Hellman (1906-1984), American playwright, wrote a series of powerful, realistic plays that made her one of America's major dramatists. She explored highly controversial themes, with many of her plays reflecting her outspoken political...
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Biography of Lillian (Florence) Hellman
13,769 words, approx. 46 pages
Like many other playwrights of the 1930s, Lillian Hellman urged a social conscience on the theatre. By her own admission, she is a moralist who cannot avoid the final "summing up," with the sometimes too obvious explanatory speech at the end of act 3....
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Biography of Lillian (Florence) Hellman
12,495 words, approx. 42 pages
At Lillian Hellman's funeral, John Hersey, referring to the title of Hellman's 1969 volume of memoirs, An Unfinished Woman, declared that Hellman was at last a finished woman. Just as some of her plays enjoy periodic revivals, however, Hellman's...
 


Quotations
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Lillian Hellman Quotes
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Lillian Florence Hellman ( 20 June 1905 – 30 June 1984 ) was an American playwright. See also: The Children's Hour Contents 1 Sourced 2 Unsourced 3 Quotes of others about Hellman 4 External links // Sourced There are people who eat earth and eat all...


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Lillian Hellman Information
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Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was a successful American playwright, linked throughout her life with many left-wing causes. She was romantically involved for 30 years with mystery and crime writer Dashiell Hammett (and...


News and Journals
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National Review
Lillian Hellman.
04/10/1987: 1,207 words, approx. 4 pages
Lillian Hellman, by William Wright (Simon& Schuster, 507 pp., $18.95) LILLIAN HELLMAN was the Stalinists'dreamgirl. A pathological liar, she became the exemplar of truth to liberal society. A physical coward, she played the bold heroine. Avaricious herself, she flayed American society...
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American Theatre
Intruding on Lillian. (playwright Lillian Hellman)
07/01/1993: 1,160 words, approx. 4 pages
Seasoned stage actress Elaine Stritch describes the experience of portraying a strong-willed playwright such as Lillian Hellman in 'Cakewalk,' a semi-autobiographical play written by Peter Feibleman about his relationship with the famous dramatist. The play will be receiving its world premiere until Jul 17,...
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The New York Observer
Bitchy, Unconventional Hellman Protected by Loving Biographer
12/11/2005: 1,613 words, approx. 5 pages
On top of her many overlapping sex and love affairs, Lillian Hellman also once got married—and when she did, her biographer Deborah Martinson writes, “As was the custom, she left work to become a full-time housewife.” A stunning line, especially in light of Hellman’s extraordinary...
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The New York Observer
Bitchy, Unconventional Hellman Protected by Loving Biographer
12/11/2005: 1,613 words, approx. 5 pages
On top of her many overlapping sex and love affairs, Lillian Hellman also once got married—and when she did, her biographer Deborah Martinson writes, “As was the custom, she left work to become a full-time housewife.” A stunning line, especially in light of Hellman’s...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Will Brantley
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In the following essay, Brantley examines similarities between Hellman's and Porter's attempts in their respective memoirs to portray themselves in the highly politicized atmosphere in which they lived.
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Critical Essay by Timothy J. Wiles
11,590 words, approx. 39 pages
In the following essay, Wiles explores Hellman's political plays written from the Depression through the 1940s.
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Critical Essay by W. Kenneth Holditch
10,419 words, approx. 35 pages
In the following essay, Holditch discusses elements of Hellman's life in the South that are reflected in her dramas.
 


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