Lorraine Hansberry: A Research and Production Sourcebook, Vol. 13 FROM THE PUBLISHER
Born in 1930, Lorraine Hansberry earned critical acclaim as a dramatist before her death at age 34. Only a few years earlier, in 1959, her first-produced play, A Raisin in the Sun, received enthusiastic praise of Broadway critics and audiences alike. It was the first and longest running play by an African-American woman to be produced on Broadway. When it won the New York Drama Circle Award for the best new drama that year, Hansberry became the first black woman and the youngest recipient ever to receive that honor. This reference book is a guide to her brief life and enormously influential career. The volume includes entries for all of her plays, with each entry providing plot synopses and production information. It also contains a wealth of bibliographical material, useful to students and scholars for conducting further research.
SYNOPSIS
Provides detailed production and bibliographical information for Hansberry's plays.
FROM THE CRITICS
Booknews
Provides a critical summary of Lorraine Hansberry's career, her
accomplishments as a dramatist, and her personal life. Includes
annotated bibliographies of theatrical reviews, summaries of her
plays, production/credit information, and an essay for each published
play which reviews its critical reception. In addition, some
attention is given to screen and television adaptations of her works.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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