The Sign in Sidney Brustein s Window By the time of her death at age thirty four Lorraine Hansberry had created two electrifying masterpieces of the American theater With A Raisin in the Sun she gave this country its most movingly authe
By the time of her death at age thirty four, Lorraine Hansberry had created two electrifying masterpieces of the American theater With A Raisin in the Sun she gave this country its most movingly authentic portrayal of black family life in the inner city Barely five years later, with The Sign in Sidney Brustein s Window, Hansberry gave us an unforgettable portrait of a maBy the time of her death at age thirty four, Lorraine Hansberry had created two electrifying masterpieces of the American theater With A Raisin in the Sun she gave this country its most movingly authentic portrayal of black family life in the inner city Barely five years later, with The Sign in Sidney Brustein s Window, Hansberry gave us an unforgettable portrait of a man struggling wit his individual fate in an age of racial and social injustice These two plays remain milestones in the American theater, remarkable not only for their historical value but for their continual ability to engage the imagination and heart With an Introduction by Robert Nemiroff.
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Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was an American playwright and writer Hansberry inspired Nina Simone s song To Be Young, Gifted and Black.She was the first black woman to write a play performed on Broadway Her best known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, highlights the lives of Black Americans living under racial segregation in Chicago Hansberry s family had struggled against segregation, challenging a restrictive covenant and eventually provoking the Supreme Court case Hansberry v Lee The title of the play was taken from the poem Harlem by Langston Hughes What happens to a dream deferred Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun After she moved to New York City, Hansberry worked at the Pan Africanist newspaper Freedom, where she dealt with intellectuals such as Paul Robeson and W E B Du Bois Much of her work during this time concerned the African struggle for liberation and their impact on the world Hansberry has been identified as a lesbian, and sexual freedom is an important topic in several of her works She died of cancer at the age of 34 from