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 ⓘ
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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