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The Little Fox and Another Part of the Forest
two plays by lillian hellman
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1961
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About the author
Lillian Hellman
78 books202 followersLillian Florence "Lilly" Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American dramatist and screenwriter famously blacklisted by the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) at the height of the anti-communist campaigns of 1947–52.
Hellman was praised for sacrificing her career by refusing to answer questions by HUAC; but her denial that she had ever belonged to the Communist Party was easily disproved, and her veracity was doubted by many, including war correspondent Martha Gellhorn and literary critic Mary McCarthy.
She adapted her semi-autobiographical play The Little Foxes into a screenplay which received an Academy Award nomination in 1942.
Hellman was romantically involved with fellow writer and political activist Dashiell Hammett for thirty years until his death.
(from Wikipedia)
Hellman was praised for sacrificing her career by refusing to answer questions by HUAC; but her denial that she had ever belonged to the Communist Party was easily disproved, and her veracity was doubted by many, including war correspondent Martha Gellhorn and literary critic Mary McCarthy.
She adapted her semi-autobiographical play The Little Foxes into a screenplay which received an Academy Award nomination in 1942.
Hellman was romantically involved with fellow writer and political activist Dashiell Hammett for thirty years until his death.
(from Wikipedia)
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July 22, 2025
how intellectually dishonest of Lillian Hellman, to totally rip off Succession.
"Another Part of the Forest" shamelessly lifts Jesse Armstrong's tale of sibling rivalry under an overbearing tyrant father, merely shifting the setting from present day New York to the post-reconstruction Deep South.
"The Little Foxes" is a bit more original, envisioning a totally different future from that experienced by the Roy siblings after Logan's death. Probably this is to provide space for Hellman's obvious author-insert character in Alexandra.
"Another Part of the Forest" shamelessly lifts Jesse Armstrong's tale of sibling rivalry under an overbearing tyrant father, merely shifting the setting from present day New York to the post-reconstruction Deep South.
"The Little Foxes" is a bit more original, envisioning a totally different future from that experienced by the Roy siblings after Logan's death. Probably this is to provide space for Hellman's obvious author-insert character in Alexandra.
May 2, 2021
Wow! Just reread these after many years. Lillian Hellman knews how to keep a reader on the edge of her seat.
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