![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() She studied at New York University (1922-24) and Columbia University (1924), but did not earn a degree. When she was five years old, her family moved to New York. Lillian Florence Hellman was born in New Orleans on June 20, 1905, the daughter of a shoe salesman. Told in compelling, human terms, the play is an eloquent and stirring tribute to the brave men and women who, despite all odds, struggled early on to stem the tide of fascism which was soon to spread throughout Europe and the world. But another European house guest has found out his identity and that there is a price on Kurt’s head … In the end his conscience cannot be compromised, and he must return to Germany and the resistance movement. He hopes for a respite from the dangerous work in which he has been involved, but his desire for personal safety soon comes into conflict with the deeply held beliefs that have made him an active anti-Nazi. The work plays out in 1940 and portrays an idealistic German, Kurt, who flees Hitler’s Germany with his American wife and children and finds sanctuary with his wife’s family in the United States. ![]()
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