Lillian Hellman, one of America's great playwrights, dealt with social issues and social injustice in her plays, including The Little Foxes, The Children's Hour and many others.
Hellman, a longtime supporter of leftist causes, detailed in Scoundrel Time (1976) her troubles and those of her friends with the House Un-American Activities Committee hearings during the 1950s. Hellman refused to give the committee the names of people who had associations with the Communist Party; she was subsequently blacklisted though not held in contempt of Congress.
Her collected plays continue to be performed today.
Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in October of 2017.
Directed by Rosalind Ayres
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
An L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:
Edita Brychta as Anise
Jonathan Cake as Kurt Müller
Heidi Dippold as Sara Müller
Anna Lyse Erikson as Babette Müller
Susannah Fielding as Marthe de Brancovis
Lovensky Jean-Baptiste as Joseph
Taj Jegaraj as Joshua Müller
Susan Sullivan as Fanny Farrelly
Patrick Wenk-Wolff as Teck de Brancovis
Matthew Wolf as David Farrelly
Adam Wylie as Bodo Müller
Associate Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson
Recording Engineer, Sound Designer and Mixer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood
Music Supervisor: Ronn Lipkin
Production Stage Manager: Katie Friesen
Sound Effects Artist: Shereen Khan
Editor: Mitchell Lindskoog
