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Lillian Hellman
Standard Name: Hellman, Lillian
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Dorothy Brett | It was, however, the second son, Maurice
, who proved their father's favourite, and his status affected his treatment of his younger sisters. Sylvia writes of him as a plump little boy with rosy cheeks... |
| Friends, Associates | Mary McCarthy | MMC
's long-term friendships included those with Edmund Wilson
(even after their divorce) and Hannah Arendt
. She attracted notoriety for her falling-out with Lillian Hellman
, a leading playwright who began to publish memoirs... |
| Textual Production | Christina Stead | She had been working on this novel, originally titled Mrs Trollope and Madame Blaise, in the early 1950s. Her New York agent, Helen Strauss
, was pessimistic from the first about placing it, and... |
Timeline
May 1811: Two teachers in Elgin in Scotland, Miss Woods...
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May 1811
Two teachers in Elgin in Scotland, Miss Woods
and Miss Pirie
, sued for libel the grandmother of a pupil who had accused them of lesbian behaviour.
1932: US poet Archibald MacLeish won the Pulitzer...
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1932
US poet Archibald MacLeish
won the Pulitzer Prize for his epic poemConquistador, which traces the journey taken by Cortez
through Mexico.
20 November 1934: Lillian Hellman's The Children's Hour, a...
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20 November 1934
Lillian Hellman
's The Children's Hour, a play in which schoolgirls accuse teachers of having a lesbian relationship, opened on Broadway, New York.
15 February 1939: Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes opened...
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15 February 1939
Lillian Hellman
's playThe Little Foxes opened on Broadway, in a production that ran for a year and was followed by a film in 1941 with Hellman's screenplay.
1 April 1941: With the Second World War more than eighteen...
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1 April 1941
With the Second World War more than eighteen months old and the USA still neutral, Lillian Hellman
's dramaThe Watch on the Rhine opened on Broadway.
September 1947: The US House Committee for Un-American Activities...
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September 1947
The USHouse Committee for Un-American Activities
(HUAC) began issuing subpoenas to leading figures in the entertainment industry, three years before the communist witch-hunting of Senator Joseph McCarthy
made him a household name.
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