Intermission
a creative coffee break from writing the play

I don’t think playwrights should write about society. Society as a proper subject for plays—there’s no such thing. I think I’ve always written about people; I always meant to. I was terribly surprised to find people saw ‘The Little Foxes’ as a social play. I just saw it as a drama about people who thought in particular ways, who operated in particular ways.

“Lillian Hellman Talks of Love and ‘Toys’” New York Times, February 21, 1960