The Children's Hour script in PDF format. Sep 14,  · THE 30s Sunday Play: The Children's Hour. Sun 20th Mar , on BBC Radio 3. By Lillian Hellman. Martha and Karen run a boarding school for girls in a small town . THE CHILDREN’S HOUR KAREN enters the dining area—CARDIN has left. MARTHA: It gets dark so early now. Cooking always makes me feel better. I found some purple Scylla for the .