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Title: The Children's Hour by Lillian Hellman ISBN: 0-8222-0205-0 Publisher: Dramatist's Play Service Pub. Date: December, 1953 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $6.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Delightfully infuriating.
Comment: I recently saw a production of this at a local high school. It is one of the most dramatic, engaging, and infuriating plays I have ever seen. If you cant stand to watch supreme injustice, this play is not for you. The accuser of Wright and Dobie has to be the one of the most despichable characters ever devised. all of the characters, from Wright and Dobie down to the Delivery Boy, are engaging and realistic. this is a play that shows perfectly the serious harm that can be caused by "little white lies", and how prejudice effects everyone, even if they arent a member of the victim group. An enlightening, depressing, beautiful play.
Rating: 5
Summary: "The Children's Hour"¿Ahead of its time
Comment: (this review refers to the movie made from the play)
The 1960s wasn't a time one would equate with progressive lesbian movies. Yet the 1961 release of "The Children's Hour" brought subject matter previously considered verboten to the forefront. Starring Audrey Hepburn, Shirley Maclaine and James Garner, this ground-breaking film, based on the screenplay by Lillian Hellman, confronts the rumors and accusations of lesbianism between schoolmarms Karen Wright (Hepburn), and Martha Dobie (Maclaine), the effects it has on their school, their relationships, and their lives.
A whispered lie by a troublemaking and spoiled student leads to the turmoil that weaves its way throughout the community. Accusations and denials, students pulled from the school, gawking passersby, and an eventual lawsuit-machinations based on a child's lone statement-play into the storyline. Wright's fiancée, Dr. Joe (Garner), stands ever faithful at her side, and Dobie's as well, ridiculing the accusations, eventually losing his job due to his association with the two scorned women. It is only at Wright's insistence that things could never be the same between them, does Dr. Joe finally leave.
The intense interaction between all key players, especially Wright and Dobie, is what makes this movie so outstanding. When confronted with the rumors, neither woman expresses disgust at the thought, simply disappointment with the accuser. Wright and Dobie stand above the fray, becoming support for one another as their lives crumble around them.
Although a little overdramatic, "The Children's Hour" is definitely a movie ahead of its time. A dramatic entreaty at the movie's close, brilliantly done by Maclaine, reflects thoughts and feelings many lesbians have felt at one time or another, and the unexpected, heartbreaking ending will have you in tears. A must-see movie!
-OutLook Press
Rating: 5
Summary: What can i say?
Comment: this is the best play i have had the chance to act out! i agree that it is not for those who hate people different from them! but it is a perfect synopisis of how people viewed that type of life in that time period. i am martha in the play and i think that everyone should see or read the play. i think is is great!!
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Title: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee ISBN: 0451158717 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: August, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Oleanna : A Play by DAVID MAMET ISBN: 067974536X Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 04 May, 1993 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Educating Rita by Willy Russell ISBN: 0413767906 Publisher: Methuen Drama Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Browning Version by Terence Rattigan ISBN: 0573020256 Publisher: Samuel French Inc Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $4.00 |
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Title: Butley by Simon Gray ISBN: 0413340600 Publisher: Methuen Drama Pub. Date: February, 1987 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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