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Lorraine Hansberry was an American playwright and writer, the first African-American female author to have a play on Broadway. She wrote about racial segregation, African liberation, and lesbian identity, and died of cancer at 34.
Aug 16, 2023 · Playwright and activist Lorraine Hansberry wrote 'A Raisin in the Sun' and was the first Black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Critics’ Circle award.
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SINCE it first appeared on Broadway in 1959, Lorraine Hansberry’s Raisin in the Sun has become a constant feature of theatre r...
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A Raisin in the Sun at the Lyric Hammersmith review: a delight and a revelation
Shockingly, in decades of theatregoing I’ve never seen Lorraine Hansberry’s pioneering...
Evening Standard
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In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry made history as the first African American woman to have a show produced on Broadway—A Raisin in the Sun. As a playwright, feminist, and racial justice activist, Hansberry never shied away from tough topics during her short and extraordinary life.
Jul 8, 2019 · Lorraine Hansberry (May 19, 1930–January 12, 1965) was a playwright, essayist, and civil rights activist. She is best known for writing "A Raisin in the Sun," the first play by a Black woman produced on Broadway.
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Shockingly, in decades of theatregoing I’ve never seen Lorraine Hansberry’s pioneering 1959 play about a multi-generational black family trying to get ahead in still-segregated Chicago. Tinuke ...
A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. It depicts the struggles of a black family in Chicago and deals with themes of racism, assimilation, and pride.
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3 days ago · It might be 65 years since Lorraine Hansberry's seminal play A Raisin in the Sun first agitated Broadway – simultaneously making her the first Black American woman and youngest playwright to have a work staged there – but Tinuke Craig’s revival proves that this portrait of an African-American family’s struggles to better their circumstances in the late 1950s has lost none of its resonance.
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