The Children's Hour - Hellman, Lillian
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The Children's Hour is a 1934 stage play written by Lillian Hellman. It is a drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie. An angry student, Mary Tilford, runs away from the school and to avoid being sent back she tells her grandmother that the two headmistresses are having a lesbian affair. The accusation proceeds to destroy the women's careers, relationships and lives. It is later discovered that the gossip was pure invention, but will it be too late, will irreparable damage be done?

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The Children's Hour is a 1934 stage play written by Lillian Hellman. It is a drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie. An angry student, Mary Tilford, runs away from the school and to avoid being sent back she tells her grandmother that the two headmistresses are having a lesbian affair. The accusation proceeds to destroy the women's careers, relationships and lives. It is later discovered that the gossip was pure invention, but will it be too late, will irreparable damage be done?
Autorenporträt
Lillian Hellman wurde 1907 in New Orleans geboren. Außer Bühnenstücken ("The Little Foxes", "Watch on the Rhine"), für die sie 1964 mit der "Gold medal for drama" ausgezeichnet wurde, schrieb sie Buchkritiken für die New York Herald Tribune, Filmdrehbücher und Beiträge für Zeitschriften. Sie war Dozentin an der Harvard University. Sie ist 1975 gestorben.