The Children’s Hour was originally a stage play in 1934 written by Lillian Hellman. It was a drama set in an all-girls boarding school run by two women, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie. An angry student, Mary Tilford, runs away from the school and to avoid being sent back, she tells her grandmother that the two headmistresses are having a lesbian affair. The accusation proceeds to destroy the women’s careers, relationships and lives. The play is based on the following incident. In 1810 in Edinburgh, … Continue reading →