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Lillian Florence Hellman
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Biography
Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 - June 30, 1984) was an American playwright and left-wing activist, romantically involved for thirty years with pulp writer Dashiell Hammett. She was also a long-time friend of poet Dorothy Parker.

Her feud with fellow writer Mary McCarthy went on in public for years, and formed the basis for the play Imaginary Friends by Nora Ephron.

Lillian Hellman appeared before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952. Asked to name names of acquaintances with communist affiliations, Hellman instead read a prepared statement containing the following quote:

"To hurt innocent people whom I knew many years ago in order to save myself is, to me, inhuman and indecent and dishonorable. I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions, even though I long ago came to the conclusion that I was not a political person and could have no comfortable place in any political group."

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Madison OperaCandide4/26/2024 - 4/28/2024
Glimmerglass FestivalCandide7/8/2023 - 8/20/2023
Atlanta OperaCandide3/4/2023 - 3/12/2023
Opera Company of MiddleburyCandide1/29/2022 - 3/1/2022
Union Avenue OperaCandide7/5/2019 - 7/13/2019
Des Moines Metro OperaCandide6/29/2019 - 7/20/2019
Detroit OperaCandide3/9/2019 - 3/9/2019
Utah Symphony | Utah OperaCandide11/9/2018 - 11/10/2018
Chautauqua OperaCandide7/27/2018 - 7/30/2018
Seagle FestivalCandide7/5/2018 - 7/7/2018
Santa Fe OperaCandide6/29/2018 - 8/25/2018
Washington National OperaCandide5/5/2018 - 5/26/2018
Opera in the HeightsCandide4/13/2018 - 4/21/2018
Anchorage OperaCandide4/7/2018 - 4/8/2018
Palm Beach OperaCandide2/23/2018 - 2/25/2018
Arizona OperaCandide1/27/2018 - 2/4/2018
Los Angeles OperaCandide1/27/2018 - 2/18/2018
Long Beach OperaCandide1/23/2016 - 1/30/2016
Glimmerglass FestivalCandide7/19/2015 - 8/21/2015
Amarillo OperaCandide4/4/2013 - 4/7/2013
Portland OperaCandide5/5/2012 - 5/19/2012
Mercury Opera RochesterCandide4/4/2011 - 4/17/2011
Mobile OperaCandide10/10/2010 - 10/23/2010
Seagle FestivalCandide8/8/2009 - 8/15/2009
Manitoba OperaCandide2/28/2009 - 2/28/2009
Lyric Opera San DiegoCandide9/9/2008 - 10/10/2008
LOOK Musical TheatreCandide6/6/2008 - 7/11/2008
New York City OperaCandide4/4/2008 - 4/12/2008
Festival OperaCandide8/1/2005 - 8/21/2005
New York City OperaCandide3/1/2005 - 3/19/2005
Illinois Opera TheaterCandide2/1/2005 - 2/24/2005
Opera SaratogaCandide7/1/2004 - 7/11/2004
Opera PacificCandide3/3/2004 - 3/7/2004
Des Moines Metro OperaCandide6/29/2002 - 7/12/2002
Portland OperaCandide5/5/2002 - 5/18/2002
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance Candide4/4/2002 - 4/4/2002
Fort Worth OperaCandide9/9/2001 - 9/9/2001
Opera ModestoCandide4/28/2001 - 5/6/2001
Augusta OperaCandide3/3/2001 - 3/24/2001
Lyric Opera San DiegoCandide9/9/2000 - 9/24/2000
Central City OperaCandide7/5/2000 - 8/12/2000
Austin OperaCandide1/1/2000 - 1/17/2000
Wichita State University Opera TheatreCandide2/2/1999 - 2/7/1999
Opera RoanokeCandide6/1/1996 - 6/21/1996
Vancouver New MusicCandide6/1/1996 - 6/23/1996
Opera CarolinaCandide11/11/1995 - 11/17/1995
Boston Lyric OperaCandide3/1/1995 - 3/19/1995
Peabody Opera at Johns Hopkins UniversityCandide3/1/1995 - 3/12/1995
Lyric Opera of ChicagoCandide11/3/1994 - 12/21/1994
Madison OperaCandide11/1/1993 - 11/20/1993
Orlando OperaCandide5/1/1992 - 5/3/1992
Skylight Music TheatreCandide5/1/1992 - 5/31/1992
Anchorage OperaCandide4/1/1992 - 4/11/1992
Eugene OperaCandide1/1/1992 - 12/31/1991
Dayton Performing Arts Alliance Candide12/1/1991 - 12/9/1991
Detroit OperaCandide11/1/1991 - 11/9/1991
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