The Autumn Garden

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The Autumn Garden is a 1951 stage play by American dramatist Lillian Hellman that explores disillusionment, lost opportunities, and complex relationships among middle-aged characters gathered at a Southern boarding house.

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instanceOf stage play
theatrical work
author Lillian Hellman
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPerformanceDate 1951
follows Another Part of the Forest
genre drama
realist drama
hasActCount 3
hasCharacterType middle-aged characters
hasCriticalReception considered one of Lillian Hellman’s more mature works
often praised for psychological realism
hasTheme aging
class and social status
emotional compromise
friendship under strain
marital tension
regret
self-deception
truth versus illusion
unfulfilled love
originalLanguage English
partOf Lillian Hellman plays
placeOfFirstPerformance Broadway
New York City
setting Southern boarding house
subject disillusionment
lost opportunities
middle-aged relationships
timePeriodOfSetting early 1950s
yearOfWork 1951

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Lillian Hellman notableWork The Autumn Garden