Juliet Stevenson Dives Deep Into Lillian Hellman for LITTLE WARS…

“Imagine if literary greats Gertrude Stein, Dorothy Parker and Lillian Hellman all came together for dinner on the eve of the Nazi invasion of France. And just for good measure, the invitation was extended to the queen of murder mystery novels, Agatha Christie. That’s just the tantalising scenario of Carl McCasland’s play Little Wars, now streaming online and featuring a stellar cast led by Juliet Stevenson as Hellman, alongside Sophie Thompson as Christie, Linda Bassett as Stein, Catherine Russell as Alice B Toklas and Debbie Chazen as Parker…

For Stevenson, who is best known for her roles in Truly, Madly, Deeply alongside the late actor Alan Rickman, as well as Emma and Bend It Like Beckham, there’s something of a thrill in portraying American-Jewish playwright Hellman…”

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Juliet Stevenson

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