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The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman

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The Children’s Hour Quotes
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The Children's Hour (1961) Directed by William Wyler; Screenplay by Lillian Hellman , based upon her 1934 stageplay of the same name. Martha: There's always been something wrong. Karen: Stop the crazy talk. Martha: I'm guilty. Karen: You're guilty of...


Author 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 an...
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Biography of Lillian (Florence) Hellman
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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. Of...
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Biography of Lillian (Florence) Hellman
12495 words, approx. 41.7 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 reputati...
 


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The Children’s Hour Information
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The Children's Hour may refer to: The Children's Hour (play), a 1934 stage play by Lillian Hellman The Children's Hour (1961 film), a 1961 movie with Audrey Hepburn, Shirley MacLaine, and James Garner. "The Children's Hour", a poem by Henry Wadsworth...


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The Hours
01/13/2003: 478 words, approx. 2 pages
THE HOURS Quality: * * * Acceptability: -4 RATING: PG-13 STARRING: Meryl Streep, Julianne Moore, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Toni Colette, Claire Danes, and Jeff Daniels DIRECTOR: Stephen Daldry PRODUCERS: Scott Rudin and Robert Fox EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Mark Huffam...
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Variety
The Hours.
12/16/2002: 1,528 words, approx. 5 pages
A Paramount (in North America) release of a Paramount Pictures and Miramax Films presentation of a Scott Rudin/Robert Fox production. Produced by Rudin, Fox. Executive producer, Mark Huffam. Directed by Stephen Daldry. Screenplay, David Hare, based on the novel by Michael Cunningham....
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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...
 


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Lillian Hellman's Feminist Concern in the Children's Hour
3,523 words, approx. 12 pages
A critical essay exploring the feminist dimensions of American playwright Lillian Hellman's play, The Children's Hour. Explores independence and how the fear of losing independence affects the lives of women.


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