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15 de mai. de 2024 · Lorraine Hansberry (born May 19, 1930, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.—died January 12, 1965, New York, New York) was an American playwright whose A Raisin in the Sun (1959) was the first drama by an African American woman to be produced on Broadway.
7 de mai. de 2024 · Lorraine Hansberry Biography. Lorraine Hansberry was born at Provident Hospital on the South Side of Chicago on May 19, 1930. She was the youngest of Nannie Perry Hansberry and Carl Augustus Hansberry’s four children. Her father founded Lake Street Bank, one of the first banks for blacks in Chicago, and ran a successful real estate ...
7 de mai. de 2024 · 1967. The two-year anniversary of Hansberry’s death is commemorated with a seven-hour radio documentary called Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words, produced by Nemiroff with recorded performances by 61 of America’s greatest actors.
Há 5 dias · VIDEO NOTES:. 👉🏾LORRAINE HANSBERRY became the FIRST BLACK WOMAN to have a play performed on BROADWAY. 👉🏿65 years ago (MARCH 1959) A Raisin In The Sun debuted at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York City
7 de mai. de 2024 · Hansberry was the youngest American, fifth woman and first black to win the award. A Raisin in the Sun marked the turning point for black artists in professional theater. It took about a year for producers Philip Rose and David Cogan to raise enough money from 150 investors to finance the play.
Há 5 dias · May Hansberry was the first Black woman whose play was produced on Broadway, and one of the many reasons why this is a must-read. Debuting in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun follows the Youngers, a multigenerational Black family doing their best to survive in the hyper-segregated south Chicago. With the passing of Mama’s husband, she receives an ...
14 de mai. de 2024 · Lorraine Hansberry turns the raw material of family history (her father's decision in 1938 to defy Chicago's restrictive real-estate covenants) into a play whose appeal derives in part from the specificity of its focus (on the Younger family) and the universality of its main concern (dreams deferred). Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, by Tennessee Williams.
