The Children's Hour

...He is known for his extremely strong creative attitude that values ​​humanity and human dignity, and excels in depicting twisted psychology and evil. He made his debut with The Children's Hour (1934), a story about female teachers who lose their honor and social status when they are suspected of being homosexuals because of a lie told by a neurotic, spiteful female student. He established his position with works with melodramatic structures and shocking themes, such as The Little Foxes (1939), which depicts the materialistic desires of a southern family, and Watch on the Rhine (1941), which captures the looming danger of fascism, and became one of the leading playwrights in America before World War II. All of the above works have also been made into films.

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…人間性あるいは人間の尊厳を貴ぶ姿勢のきわめて強い創作態度で知られ，屈折した心理や悪の描写にすぐれる。神経症的な意地の悪い女生徒がついた噓のために同性愛者とみられ，名誉と社会的地位を失う女教師たちの物語《子どもの時間The Children’s Hour》(1934)によって劇壇に登場，南部の一家の物欲を描いた《小狐たちThe Little Foxes》(1939)，迫りくるファシズムの危険をとらえた《ラインの監視Watch on the Rhine》(1941)など，メロドラマ風の構成と衝撃的な題材をもった作品によって地位を確立し，第2次大戦前のアメリカを代表する劇作家となった。なお上記の作品はすべて映画化もされている。…

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