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LORRAINE HANSBERRY (1930 - 1965) |
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Nationality: African-American Email: n/a Website: n/a |
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Plays by Lorraine Hansberry |
Drinking Gourd, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "The Collected Last Plays", New American Library, New York, 1983 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15462 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Originally written for NBC Television but never produced as it was "too violent and divisive" | |||||
Synopsis: | The Drinking Gourd - or the Big Dipper - for slaves in the South it showed the direction to the North and freedom. Hannibal is nineteen and thinking of running away. He pretends to be lazy and break tools knowing that the Master will not be hard with him as Hannibal's mother is his most trusted slave. But the Master becomes old and frail and his son takes over. The hires an overseer who works the slaves harder and longer. There is soon trouble between him and Hannibal and Hannibal is whipped across the face. When the overseer discovers Hannibal with the 11 year old son of the owner he is horrified to see that Hannibal is teaching the boy to play the banjo. Then he discovers the boy has taught Hannibal to read. The overseer demands that he unlearn the reading - Hannibal tells him that is impossible - so the overseer has him blinded. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Les Blancs | ||
| 1st Produced: | Longacre Theatre, New York | 1970 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Les Blancs(collection), Random House, New York, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0679755322 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15461 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 17 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | completed by Robert Nemiroff | |||||
| Young African returns from England to Africa and becomes entwined in conflict and rebellion. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Raisin In The Sun, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York | 1959 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House, New York, 1959 | ISBN/ASIN: | 978-0394406886 | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15463 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 1b extras | |||||
Notes: | performed on tour first | |||||
| Tensions within middle class black family erupt over legacy. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Sign In Sidney Brustein's Window, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Longacre Theatre, New York | 1964 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Random House, New York, 1965 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15464 | |||
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Genre: | Play/Drama | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 6 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | finished posthumously by Robert Nemiroff | |||||
Synopsis: | Greenwich Village reform candidate's motives are discovered to be not entirely altruistic. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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To Be Young Gifted And Black | ||
| 1st Produced: | Cherry Lane Theatre, New York | 1969 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | Samuel French, NY, 1971 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15465 | |||
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Genre: | Biographical | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 5 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | adapted by Robert Nemiroff | |||||
Synopsis: | A portrait of Lorraine Hansberry in her own words. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Toussaint | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | - - - | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #50018 | |||
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Genre: | n/a | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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What Use Are Flowers? | ||
| 1st Produced: | Chernin Center for the Arts in Chicago | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Les Blancs(collection), Random House, New York, 1972 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #15466 | |||
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Genre: | One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 3 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | other children | |||||
Notes: | one adult male role, 3 or more youth | |||||
Synopsis: | After the holocaust a hermit tries to civilise surviving children. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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