Production History

Lillian Hellman’s The Children’s Hour was presented during Season 7 (1990–1991) at 400 W. Main Street.

CST Connections

Terry Veal later directed Run for Your Wife (1993) and Romance in D (2003).
Vikki Simer subsequently played Chris Gorman in both CST productions of Rumors (1992 and 1998), Kathleen in Park Your Car in Harvard Yard (1995), and Flo Owens in Picnic (2007).
Anne Lower appeared in Six Women with Brain Death earlier in 1990 and later played Cory in Private Eyes (1998).
Ken Roth also designed lighting for Six Women with Brain Death (1990) and sets and lighting for Terra Nova (1991).
Bob Cross later stage-managed Steel Magnolias (1991), while Skip Bachman served as that production’s technical director.
Sally Blevins later shared dresser and properties responsibilities for The Cemetery Club (1995).

Press and Photography

“Theater to Present ‘The Children’s Hour’” — The Oklahoman, November 2, 1990, contemporary opening announcement.
“‘The Children’s Hour’ Full of Drama and Suspense” — The Oklahoman, November 7, 1990, attributed to Kevan Goff in the supplied research.

Licensing

Originally licensed through Dramatists Play Service. Current performance licensing is available through Concord Theatricals, which identifies The Children’s Hour as a Dramatists Play Service title by Lillian Hellman.

THEATRE UP CLOSE & PERSONAL

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