Watch on the Rhine (play)
1941 American play by Lillian Hellman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the 1943 film adaptation, see Watch on the Rhine.
Watch on the Rhine is a 1941 American play by Lillian Hellman. In an essay on World War II, a contributor to The Companion to Southern Literature (2002) wrote that the play's "peculiar combination of drawing-room comedy in a genteel southern home with sinister corruption of the Nazi regime in Europe made for a unique and powerful drama, one strong enough to win the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award."[1]
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Written by | Lillian Hellman |
Date premiered | April 1, 1941 (1941-04-01) |
Place premiered | Martin Beck Theatre, New York City, New York |
Original language | English |
Genre | Drama |
Setting | The living room of the Farrelly country house, about 20 miles from Washington, D.C., in late spring 1940 |
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