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Lllian Hellman is one of the major playwrights of this century. From "The Children's Hour" and "The Little Foxes" to "The Autumn Garden" and "Toys in the Attic", her play have become an enduring part of the American, and indeed of the international Theatre. Admirers of Miss Hellman's recent National Book Award - winning memoir, "An Unfinished Woman", won't need to be reminded that she is a master of prose. her play, like Bernard Shaw's, are engrossingly readable, as vivid and alive on the page as on the stage. The Collected Plays brings together for the first time, all of Miss Hellman's work for the theatre, and supersedes any previous editions and collections. For this edition she has made numerous small revisions and emendations in each of the plays. The texts as given here are henceforth to be regarded as definitive.