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Hansberry, Lorraine
Hansberry, Lorraine (1930–65), Chicagoborn dramatist, became the first black woman to have a play produced on Broadway with A Raisin in the Sun (1959), an easy‐going comedy of a family of black Chicagoans who plan to move into a white neighborhood, illustrative of Langston Hughes's poem: “What happens to a dream deferred, Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?” She followed this success with The Sign in Sidney's Brustein's Window (1964), depicting Jews and other whites as well as blacks in Greenwich Village. After her early death her husband assembled from her plays, letters, diaries, and other writings a dramatic presentation, To Be Young, Gifted and Black (1969). For The Movement (1964) she wrote wry captions for photographs of blacks in their struggle for equality. Raisin (1973) was a musical adaptation of her first play by others.
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James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Hansberry, Lorraine." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Hansberry, Lorraine." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-HansberryLorraine.html James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger. "Hansberry, Lorraine." The Oxford Companion to American Literature. 1995. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O123-HansberryLorraine.html |
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Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry 1930–65, American playwright, b. Chicago. She grew up on Chicago's South Side. In 1959 she became the first black woman to have a play produced on Broadway when A Raisin in the Sun opened to wide critical acclaim. The play dealt in human terms with the serious and comic problems of a black family in modern America. Her next play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1964) was less successful. Hansberry died of cancer at 35. A collection of her writings, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, was published in 1969. |
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"Lorraine Hansberry." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Lorraine Hansberry." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hansberr.html "Lorraine Hansberry." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Hansberr.html |
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Hansberry, Lorraine
Hansberry, Lorraine, see NEGROES IN THE AMERICAN THEATRE.
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PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Hansberry, Lorraine." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Hansberry, Lorraine." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-HansberryLorraine.html PHYLLIS HARTNOLL and PETER FOUND. "Hansberry, Lorraine." The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O79-HansberryLorraine.html |
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Hansberry, Lorraine
Hansberry, Lorraine. See Raisin in the Sun, A.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Hansberry, Lorraine." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Hansberry, Lorraine." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-HansberryLorraine.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Hansberry, Lorraine." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-HansberryLorraine.html |
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