Les Blancs. A Drama in Two Acts. Final Text Adapted by Robert Nemiroff

TitleLes Blancs. A Drama in Two Acts. Final Text Adapted by Robert Nemiroff
Year for Search1972
AuthorsHansberry, Lorraine [Vivian](1930-65)
Pagination120 pp.
Date Published1972
PublisherSamuel French
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsAfrican American author, Female author
Annotation

The play explores the dystopia of colonialism in Africa. The title refers to Jean Genet’s Les Nègres (1958).

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.

Holding Institutions

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Author Note

African American female author (1930-65)

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.