The Children’s Hour is a 1934 stage play written by Lillian Hellman. It is a drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women Karen Wright and Martha Dobie. An angry student Mary Tilford runs away from the school and to avoid being sent back she tells her grandmother that the two headmistresses are having a lesbian affair.
author
Lillian Hellman
character in play
Catherine, A Grocery Boy, Agatha, Doctor Joseph Cardin, Evelyn Munn, Helen Burton, In order of appearance:, Karen Wright, Lois Fisher, Martha Dobie, Mary Tilford, Mrs Amelia Tilford, Mrs Lily Mortar, Peggy Rogers, Rosalie Wells
premiere date
1934-11-20
premiere place
Maxine Elliott Theatre
premiere year
1934-01-01T00:00:00+02:00
subject of play
Rumours lies gossip reputation friendship women lesbian homophobia
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