Les Blancs. A Drama in Two Acts. Final Text Adapted by Robert Nemiroff
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1972
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The play explores the dystopia of colonialism in Africa. The title refers to Jean Genet’s Les Nègres (1958). |
| Pagination |
120 pp.
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| Published Date |
1972 |
| Publisher |
Samuel French
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| Place Published |
New York
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| Full Text |
1972 Hansberry, Lorraine [Vivian] (1930-65). Les Blancs. A Drama in Two Acts. Final Text Adapted by Robert Nemiroff. Script Associate Charlotte Zaltsburg. New York: Samuel French. 122 pp. First performed November 15, 1970, at the Longacre Theatre in New York City. Also published in Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays of Lorraine Hansberry. Ed. Robert Nemiroff. New York: Random House, 1972. “Les Blancs is 47-172, with “A Critical Background” (35-46) and “Postscript” by Nemiroff (173-86) that discusses reviews of the play. Includes materials not part of the Broadway production. The play is also analyzed by Julius Lester in his “Introduction” (3-32). A revised version of the play was created for the National Theatre by director Yaël Farber, dramaturg Drew Lichtenburg, and Jo Gresham, director and trustee of the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust and premiered March 22, 2016. PSt The play explores the dystopia of colonialism in Africa. The title refers to Jean Genet’s Les Nègres (1958). African American female author. |
| Additional Publishers |
Also published in Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays of Lorraine Hansberry. Ed. Robert Nemiroff. New York: Random House, 1972. “Les Blancs is 47-172, with “A Critical Background” (35-46) and “Postscript” by Neimroff (173-86) that discusses reviews of the play. Includes materials not part of the Broadway production. The play is also analyzed by Julius Lester in his “Introduction” (3-32). |
| Info Notes |
First performed November 15, 1970, at the Longacre Theatre in New York City. A revised version of the play was created for the National Theatre by director Yaël Farber, dramaturg Drew Lichtenburg, and Jo Gresham, director and trustee of the Lorraine Hansberry Literary Trust and premiered March 22, 2016. |
| Author Note |
African American female author (1930-65) |
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