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Lorraine Hansberry

LORRAINE HANSBERRY   (1930 - 1965)

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Plays by Lorraine Hansberry

LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Drinking Gourd, The

1st Produced:

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Company:

n/a

1st Published:

in "The Collected Last Plays", New American Library, New York, 1983

ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

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Female

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Parts other:

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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.

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LORRAINE HANSBERRY

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:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

17

Female

3

Parts other:

-

Notes:

completed by Robert Nemiroff

Les Blancs

Young African returns from England to Africa and becomes entwined in conflict and rebellion.

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LORRAINE HANSBERRY

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:

-

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Genre:

Play/Drama

Parts:

Male

5

Female

3

Parts other:

1b extras

Notes:

performed on tour first

Raisin In The Sun, A

Tensions within middle class black family erupt over legacy.

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LORRAINE HANSBERRY

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:

-

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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.

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LORRAINE HANSBERRY

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:

-

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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.

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LORRAINE HANSBERRY

Toussaint

1st Produced:

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Company:

n/a

1st Published:

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ISBN/ASIN:

-

Music:

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Genre:

n/a

Parts:

Male

-

Female

-

Parts other:

-

Notes:

-

Synopsis:

n/a

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LORRAINE HANSBERRY

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:

-

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#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.

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