Lies always lead to destruction especially in the play The Children’s Hour by Lillian Hellman. Rumors are a big thing when it comes to people’s lives, whether there are truth to them or not. The Children’s Hour is a play written by Lillian Hellman and directed by Rachel Walshe. This play was performed on a very well setup set at The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, RI. This play is twisted, taunting, and impactful to viewers of all kinds. The main lesson of this play is don’t always believe what you are told. What you may have been told could be true, but don’t make assumptions if you don’t ask the main source first. Another lesson is you should be accepting to everyone even if you may believe that they are different, weird, or doing the wrong thing.
The Children’s Hour is about a young teenage girl, Mary, played by Grace Viveros, who feels she is treated unfair by everyone around her. She feels targeted and believes she must do something about it. Instead of talking it out she felt the need to get revenge the dirty way. She decides to start a rumor about the headmistresses, Karen and Martha, played by Madeline Lambert and Karen Carpenter, and how they were having an affair. Piece by piece everything …show more content…
It really made them think about this topic and how people felt about it back then and how it compares to our time period now. The play makes you think. It makes you think about how rumors can ruin how people live their live. What really impacted me was the very end. Karen was left with nothing just because of a stupid rumors some ruthless adolescent came up with and for what? The pleasure of revenge? All we know is life would be different no matter what, but the difference is what we may never know. You can see The Children's Hour at The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, RI. Showings are through January 12- February 12, 2017. It's a very impactful show that everyone should
The Children’s Hour is about a young teenage girl, Mary, played by Grace Viveros, who feels she is treated unfair by everyone around her. She feels targeted and believes she must do something about it. Instead of talking it out she felt the need to get revenge the dirty way. She decides to start a rumor about the headmistresses, Karen and Martha, played by Madeline Lambert and Karen Carpenter, and how they were having an affair. Piece by piece everything …show more content…
It really made them think about this topic and how people felt about it back then and how it compares to our time period now. The play makes you think. It makes you think about how rumors can ruin how people live their live. What really impacted me was the very end. Karen was left with nothing just because of a stupid rumors some ruthless adolescent came up with and for what? The pleasure of revenge? All we know is life would be different no matter what, but the difference is what we may never know. You can see The Children's Hour at The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre in Pawtucket, RI. Showings are through January 12- February 12, 2017. It's a very impactful show that everyone should