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This critical biography by a dean at Baruch College (and author of Marilyn: A Life of the Actress) is probably the fullest and fairest account yet of "America's finest radical playwright." Rollyson demolishes the Hellman legend and makes a good stab at evaluating the legacy. Based on letters, diaries, FBI files and interviews, this well-balanced book discusses Hellman's plays and other published writings, her work for Hollywood, political involvements and numerous sexual liaisons. Although he deplores her adherence to Stalinism and her frequent deceptions, Rollyson tries to understand Hellman's conceits and compulsions, her grande dame manner, her love of gifts, money, attention and celebrity. An authoritarian who professed to be a great democrat, she portrayed herself as "the genuine article"a feisty, tactless truth-teller. She "longed for a beauty she did not have and would compensate by sleeping around and by getting even with more attractive women." An incompetent director, she disliked actors, and many of those who appeared in her plays hated her, Rollyson contends, but her former lovers remained fascinated, and she could be generous to old friends. These contradictions enhanced Hellman's reputation and make this a compulsively readable biography. Photos not seen by PW.
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Based on many new sources, Rollyson's detailed and balanced biography effectively argues that the playwright, self-centered and harshly authoritarian, orchestrated her life and writing to create the glowing but false image of grande dame and heroine of culture. Four years after her death, he corrects her carefully calculated versions of, for example, her marriage to Arthur Kober and her relationships with director Herman Shumlin, diplomat John Melby, and Dashiell Hammett. He shows the autobiographical basis of the plays and, using the testimony of Mary McCarthy and Diana Trilling, reveals the truth behind Hellman's three self-inflating but less than candid late "memoirs." Provocative reading. Charles C. Nash, Cottey Coll., Nevada, Mo.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This critical biography by a dean at Baruch College (and author of Marilyn: A Life of the Actress) is probably the fullest and fairest account yet of "America's finest radical playwright." Rollyson demolishes the Hellman legend and makes a good stab at evaluating the legacy. Based on letters, diaries, FBI files and interviews, this well-balanced book discusses Hellman's plays and other published writings, her work for Hollywood, political involvements and numerous sexual liaisons. Although he deplores her adherence to Stalinism and her frequent deceptions, Rollyson tries to understand Hellman's conceits and compulsions, her grande dame manner, her love of gifts, money, attention and celebrity. An authoritarian who professed to be a great democrat, she portrayed herself as "the genuine article"a feisty, tactless truth-teller. She "longed for a beauty she did not have and would compensate by sleeping around and by getting even with more attractive women." An incompetent director, she disliked actors, and many of those who appeared in her plays hated her, Rollyson contends, but her former lovers remained fascinated, and she could be generous to old friends. These contradictions enhanced Hellman's reputation and make this a compulsively readable biography. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Based on many new sources, Rollyson's detailed and balanced biography effectively argues that the playwright, self-centered and harshly authoritarian, orchestrated her life and writing to create the glowing but false image of grande dame and heroine of culture. Four years after her death, he corrects her carefully calculated versions of, for example, her marriage to Arthur Kober and her relationships with director Herman Shumlin, diplomat John Melby, and Dashiell Hammett. He shows the autobiographical basis of the plays and, using the testimony of Mary McCarthy and Diana Trilling, reveals the truth behind Hellman's three self-inflating but less than candid late "memoirs." Provocative reading. Charles C. Nash, Cottey Coll., Nevada, Mo.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Lillian Hellman will be best remembered for a line that comes not from one of her plays, but from the drama of her life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unfinished woman, searching wind, autumn garden, little foxes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Scoundrel Time, Soviet Union, The Children's Hour, The Searching Wind, Another Part of the Forest, The Autumn Garden, Miss Hellman, New Orleans, Dashiell Hammett, United States, Herman Shumlin, Martha's Vineyard, Arthur Kober, Dorothy Parker, Howard Bay, Diana Trilling, World War, State Department, These Three, Ralph Ingersoll, Louis Kronenberger, The North Star, Virginia Bloomgarden, Kurt Muller New!
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Lillian Hellman will be best remembered for a line that comes not from one of her plays, but from the drama of her life. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
unfinished woman, searching wind, autumn garden, little foxes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Scoundrel Time, Soviet Union, The Children's Hour, The Searching Wind, Another Part of the Forest, The Autumn Garden, Miss Hellman, New Orleans, Dashiell Hammett, United States, Herman Shumlin, Martha's Vineyard, Arthur Kober, Dorothy Parker, Howard Bay, Diana Trilling, World War, State Department, These Three, Ralph Ingersoll, Louis Kronenberger, The North Star, Virginia Bloomgarden, Kurt Muller New!
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- The Real Nick and Nora: Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, Writers of Stage and Screen Classics by David L Goodrich in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Modern Dramatists: A Casebook of Major British, Irish, and American Playwrights (Studies in Moderndrama, 14) by Kimball King on page 195
- American Literature Teacher Text: Encouraging Thoughtful Christians to be World changers (Broadman & Holman Literature) by James P. Stobaugh on page 283
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