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Lillian Hellman is the lone female dramatist who carved a niche for herself amongst the extremely talented male dramatists of her time like Clifford Odets, Eugene O’ Neill, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller and others. She started her dramatic career as a moral and social dramatist during the depression period and was inspired by Henrik Ibsen and George Bernard Shaw. In her earlier plays she dealt with various societal issues. In the course of her long dramatic career covering three decades, she slowly veered towards the Chekhovian model of writing. Her later plays especially The AutumnGarden and Toysinthe Attic are reminiscent of the Russian dramatist’s plays. In these plays the internal conflict of the characters are given more importance than the external plot. This gradual evolution of Lillian Hellman marks her progression both as an artist and as a human.
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Author Name: C. Rajeswari and M. Murali Ganam
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Keywords: American Theatre, Racism, Social Realism, Fascism, Chekhovian Model
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