From the Vault: Lillian Hellman - American Playwright

This week on From the Vault we hear the gravely voice of the indelible writer Lillian Hellman, whose life was as dramatic as the plays she penned. We’ll examine her life growing up in both New York City and New Orleans, and her chance meeting with mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, who helped inspire her to write — by featuring audio taken from the recently restored Pacifica Radio Archives program <em>Sweetest Smelling Baby in New Orleans: Lillian Hellman.</em> Hellman’s illustrious career includes the American classic plays The Children’s Hour, The Little Foxes, Toys in the Attic, and Pentimento, which she had just completed at the time of the original Pacifica Radio broadcast in 1975.

From the Vault is presented as part of the Pacifica Radio Archives Preservation and Access Project.