Another Part of the Forest

In his family life he is equally injurious: one son he bulldozes while the other he holds in contempt for his frailty

By Marcus's side stands his mentally deranged wife and, finally, Regina, the adored daughter who is amoral, conniving, and beautiful as an evil flower

Marcus, it would seem, has been on the top of the heap long enough and someone must depose him. Turning the tables on a tyrant has always made for high drama

When Hellman puts her brilliant talents to work on such a theme the result is a play of great theatrical intensity

Another Part of the Forest is not only heralded as one of the theater's most hard-hitting domestic dramas, but it is also regarded as an important precursor to The Little Foxes, Lillian Hellman's most famous examination of a southern family's descent into wickedness and corruption