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| The Children's Hour | 
| Author: Lillian Hellman
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service Inc
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 47004
Media: Paperback
Edition: Acting Ed
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 75
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.2
ISBN: 0822202050
Dewey Decimal Number: 812.52
EAN: 9780822202059
ASIN: 0822202050
Publication Date: June 1953
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 Great results from this vendor December 7, 2007
This vendor was very prompt with the delivery of my order. Also, the condition of the playbill was excellent. I would definitely use this vendor again as well as recommend them to anyone who is in need or one of their products.
An Intricate Tale of Lies and Tragic Fate February 22, 2007
"The Children's Hour" is an excellent play and very poignantly demonstrates how one simple little lie can escalate into something much more severe. I highly recommend this play to any production company which is seeking to put on a play with timeless themes that will captivate the audience. From the second you meet the characters, you identify with them, either personally or because you have meet people like these characters in your own life. The play echoes the real-life scenario of how things spiral out of control, and how sometimes we are too late to fix the damage that has been done. All in all, "The Children's Hour," though not appropriate for younger audiences, is an excellent example of the quintessential themes of theatrical drama.
A play that will never get old... February 21, 2007
Lillian Hellman's play is as good as new.
Treating subjects as old as time, if read or perfomed smartly, it can be a huge success.
Better than the film versions, I recommend this book to anyone who is interested in issues like lies, treason and power. Specially power: the part that gives it all the sense.
Lesbianism isn't a principal factor of the play, so I wouldn't define it as the important part of it all.
A great read, a great play.
 Stupid book April 24, 2005
1 out of 32 found this review helpful
and mostly stupid dialogue!
people do not then or now deal that way with people,
nor do they not have any idea why people might take kids out of school, at that time after ww2.
example "why must I not marry..." "how could a girl..."
"Thou Shalt Not Bear False Witness Against Thy Neighbor" June 13, 2004
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Lillian Hellman's magnificent, heart-wrenching, ground breaking and beautiful 1934 play takes the aforementioned commandment and creates a stunning cautionary tale that is not for the weak of heart. The perniciousness of lying and the often tragic consequences therein form the spine of this, Hellman's first major success on the Broadway stage.Concerning a scandal at a private girl's school, Hellman bravely dramatizes the scars and cycles of abuse which result not only from lying but also from ignorance and cowardice. As I prepare this script for production in the fall of 2004, I find its themes timeless and as hard hitting as any contemporary work. In Mary Tilford, Hellman has created one of the American Theatre's great villians. She serves as the literary model for "Rhoda" in THE BAD SEED as well as "Abigail" in THE CRUCIBLE. She is the embodiment of souless evil, intent on destroying all around her in order to advance her own status. She is the type of character that can truly, to quote RICHARD III, "Smile and murder whilst I smile". As my cast staged a rough read through, the hisses and rage she inspires is frightening. Poetic without being obscure or pretentious, the dialouge is crisp and direct. Hellman's characters are three-dimensional and her pacing and story-telling is impeccable. I hope our production will do this great play justice. As for any potential readers of this play: don't hestitate. Add this to you theatre library immediately.
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