Home | Best Seller | FAQ | Contact Us
Browse
Art & Photography
Biographies & Autobiography
Body,Mind & Health
Business & Economics
Children's Book
Computers & Internet
Cooking
Crafts,Hobbies & Gardening
Entertainment
Family & Parenting
History
Horror
Literature & Fiction
Mystery & Detective
Nonfiction
Professional & Technology
Reference
Religion
Romance
Science
Science Fiction & Fantasy
Sports & Outdoors
Travel & Geography
   Book Info

enlarge picture

Lorraine Hansberry: A Research and Production Sourcebook, Vol. 13  
Author: Richard M. Leeson
ISBN: 0313293120
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
   Book Review


Book Description
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.


About the Author
RICHARD M. LEESON is Professor of English at Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.




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.

     



Home | Private Policy | Contact Us
@copyright 2001-2005 ReadingBee.com