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Publication
Vintage (2003), 144 pages
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Drama. Fiction. HTML: Although Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy probably only met once in their lives, their names will be linked forever in the history of American literary feuds: they were legendary enemies, especially after McCarthy famously announced to the world that every word Hellman wrote was a lie, "including 'and' and 'the.'" The public battle, and the legal squabbling, that ensued ended, unsatisfactorily for all, with Hellman's death. In Imaginary Friends, Nora Ephron brilliantly and hilariously resuscitates these two bigger-than-life women to give them a post-mortem second act, and the chance to really air their differences. From the Trade Paperback edition..
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This play explores what might happen if literary and personal rivals,Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy might have to deal with when they meet, and are stuck forever together, in heaven. More importantly, the play explores the question, what is more valuable in the end, "truth" or "literary truth".
I performed in this play in 2002 as Lillian. After diligent consideration, I come down on Hellman's side of the argument: great writing holds up better and ends up having more meaning than factual truths.
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facts or great writing? I performed in this play in 2002 as Lillian. After diligent consideration, I come down on Hellman's side of the argument: great writing holds up better and ends up having more meaning than factual truths.
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Original language
English
Physical description
144 p.; 5.15 inches
ISBN
1400034221 / 9781400034222