Lillian Hellman was an American playwright from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her work had tightly woven plots which delved into psychological weakness and the social issues of her time. Hellman's plays dealt with greed and selfishness. Plays such as The Children's Hour (1934), The Little Foxes (1939), and Another Part of the Forest (1946) show how unchecked greed, selfishness, and lust can ruin lives and place human values as disposable.
Hellman's heyday was in the 1930's and 1940's as she saw the materialism and immorality taking root in society. Her authobiographical writing gained ne notoriety for her in the 1970's. An Unfinished Woman (1969) and Scoundrel Time (1976) are two of the better known works.
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