Talk:The Children's Hour (play)

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I have put up a short summary of this radio programme - I have access to the radio programmes (through repeats on Radio 7 in the UK) ; will provide more detailed complete character breakdowns and plot details as soon as possible -- Zaphod Beeblebrox 17:48, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)
 * I moved the article about the radio show to The Children's Hour (radio); I think the stage play and movie are more well-known, and there are certainly more links to them on Wikipedia than to the radio show. -Branddobbe 21:07, Jul 4, 2004 (UTC)


 * If you're moving pages in this manner, then make sure you re-direct any links to it as well (Use the "What Links Here" feature) - the Radio 4 comedy section link was left pointing at information on the stage play -- Zaphod Beeblebrox 21:30, 4 Jul 2004 (UTC)

I'm not sure the box saying: 'Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: The Children's Hour (play)' is needed as the link shows this is not quite true. Nogwa

I noticed an inconsistency between the description of the play The Children's Hour on the play's article and the Lesbian article (under "cinema"). The former states that in the play version of the story (as opposed to the film), the main characters are indeed involved in a lesbian relationship. The latter states that it as a "claim that is not true." I'm not familiar with the play, but one of the two articles is incorrect. (I am also posting this on Lesbian Porlob 13:41, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
 * I believe the solution is that there were two films based on the play. The article points out that in the earlier film, the lesbian relationship had to be removed and the theme changed. The Hellman play, of course, dela swith the lesbian issue directly. 66.108.4.183 02:11, 16 September 2006 (UTC) Allen Roth
 * It may have dealt with the issue of lesbianism directly, but the articles are still at odds: This article states that in the play, the acussations of a lesbian relationship are "not true," while on the Lesbian article, it states that in the play the couple is indeed involved in a lesbian relationship. -Porlob 17:02, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 * As I recall the film versions - and it is a long time since I have seen them (and I haven't seen the play produced 'straight')): in the first film the accusation was of an affair with a man, certainly a lesbian relationship was not alluded to. In the second film there was, in effect, an accuation of a lesbian relationship, but maliciously and it was 'unfounded', although it was made fairly clear that the character played by Shirley McLaine was in fact in love with the Audrey Hepburn character (but not the other way round). It all went way over Audrey's head. RuthieK 21:56, 5 October 2006 (UTC)


 * I have just covered this play in class. The character of Martha realized (or at least thought) at the end of the play that she was in love with Karen, and makes a short speech to that effect. (Whether she was just feeling guilty or whether she really was in love is up to reader interpretation.) Also, what 67.142.167.24 says is accurate, Karen does not leave the house/school when Martha commits suicide, Martha simply walks off stage and a gun shot is heard. (as opposed to hanging herself as is mentioned in the original article.) Perhaps there are different versions of the play floating around. Normally I would give the original article the benefit of a doubt, however, as I have a physical copy of the play I feel as if I should go with that. (I could not say which is the correct original manuscript of course, though this seems quite authentic.) I'm not sure how you might identify the version of the play that I own, so here is the ISBN - 1-4191-2392-0LeNoir679 (talk) 22:16, 30 September 2010 (UTC):::

Also, I'm removing the FilmsWikiProject tag, as this article is now about the play only. Porlob 13:43, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

The synopsis is of the 1961 film version and not the stage play. Events are reordered, and Martha's suicide is by gunshot rather than hanging. 67.142.167.24 (talk) 08:45, 15 September 2010 (UTC)

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