Watch on the Rhine

play by Hellman
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Watch on the Rhine, drama in three acts by Lillian Hellman, published and produced in 1941. Performed just eight months before the United States entered World War II, Hellman’s play exposed the dangers of fascism in America, asserting that tyranny can also be battled on the home front. The play is set in 1940 in the Washington, D.C., home of the wealthy widow Fanny Farrelly, who is expecting the arrival of her daughter Sara, Sara’s German husband Kurt, and their three children. A leader in the resistance movement, Kurt has been forced to flee Europe. Count Teck de Brancovis, a ...(100 of 135 words)