Lillian Hellman by Doris V. Falk, and: Lillian Hellman by Katherine Lederer, and: Rachel Crothers by Lois C. Gottlieb (review)

Modern Drama ◽  
1981 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 379-384
Author(s):  
Mark W. Estrin
Author(s):  
Eileen J. Herrmann

Realism in American drama has proved its resiliency from its inception at the end of the nineteenth century to its transformation into modern theater in the twentieth century. This chapter delineates the evolution of American realistic drama from the influence of European theater and its adaptation by American artists such as James A. Herne and Rachel Crothers. Flexible enough to admit the expressionistic techniques crafted by Susan Glaspell and Eugene O’Neill and leading to the “subjective realism” of Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller, realism has provided a wide foundation for subsequent playwrights such as David Mamet, August Wilson, and Sam Shepard to experiment with its form and language.


Gender Issues ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 78-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justus Reid Weiner
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1944 ◽  
Vol 33 (10) ◽  
pp. 519
Author(s):  
Barrett H. Clark
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1973 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 312
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Marshall ◽  
Richard Moody
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1982 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 167
Author(s):  
Maria José Ferreira

Lillian Hellman's remarkable presence in the American theatre has roused several works about her production and her life. The approaches have been different, varying from plot, action, and structure, to social nrotest, moral conflict, and economic struggle. The intention of this study is to analyse different aspects of the truth in some plays of Lillian Hellman. It calls our attention to the fact that, in each play, the cataclysm that emerges has its origin not in the most important characters, but in the minor ones: those who seldom appear (most of them appear a little at the beginning and a little at the end of the play), or those who are inactive during the greater part of the play, or those who are not the total center of attention. They are responsible for the dénouement proper, and this dénouement has some relation to truth: either by its presence or by its absence.


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