Status
Available
Genres
Publication
Vintage (1979), 494 pages
Description
Six acclaimed plays by Lillian Hellman span nearly twenty years of the American theater from 1934 to 1951.
User reviews
LibraryThing member whitewavedarling
As a collection of plays, this is a work worth looking into. Watch on the Rhine and Children's Hour stand above the rest, I feel, but all of them are good powerful works. Hellman's tone is constant throughout--she deals with serious issues, stereotypes and prejudices, familial promises, feelings
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and compromises. The characters here come across as real, though are in some cases perhaps a bit dated--but, in the end, this is necessary for her themes to come across as they often deal with the passage of time in America. I think Watch on the Rhine especially is effective even on the page, but I'd say all these are worth reading even for a contemporary reader, particularly one who wants to understand more about where we've come from, and for one who can appreciate the most subtle of dramas, and the most subtle tragedy at times as well. Show Less
LibraryThing member gayla.bassham
Wow, Lillian Hellman does NOT hold up well. With the exception of The Little Foxes, which I still enjoyed, all of the plays in this collection were dated and pretty disappointing. (The Children's Hour has its moments, though.)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1960
Physical description
494 p.; 5.17 inches
ISBN
0394741129 / 9780394741123
Local notes
theater