As Hellman's 1941 play is revived at the Donmar Warehouse in London, director Ellen McDougall and dramaturg Emma Jude explain how it remains a call to arms "We're shaken out of the magnolias, eh?" muses a matriarch towards the end of Watch on the Rhine. In Lillian Hellman's 1941 play, a comfortable Washington family is confronted with the reality of Europe's fight against fascism " and must make a choice about where …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 03:24PM on December 12, 2022