Famous American plays of the 1950s

Lillian Hellman was born in New Orleans, spent her childhood between New Orleans and New York, attended New York University and Columbia. In 1934 she launched her career as a playwright with The Children's Hour. Over the next three decades came a succession of achievements in the theatre: she has twice been awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Prize for the best play of the year. Miss Hellman's memoir An Unfinished Woman won the National Book Award in 1969. She also received the Gold...

An award-winning American playwright and poet.

Robert Anderson wrote many of the most famous American plays of the 1950s. His work helped define the era's theater scene and continues to be studied today.

Michael V. Gazzo writes about American theater. He is the author of Famous American Plays of the 1950s, a look at key works from that era.