THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW
Intiman Theatre presents THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW by Lorraine Hansberry from February 7 to 25, 2023. Librarians at Seattle Public Library created this list of books and films to enhance your experience of the show.
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Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window
The script of THE SIGN IN SIDNEY BRUSTEIN'S WINDOW, for your reading pleasure.
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Black Fire
Originally published in 1968, this collection of essays showcases the social and cultural turmoil of the 1960s Black Arts Movement through the eyes of 75 writers and leaders of the period.
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Radical Vision
This scholarly yet accessible recent biography of Hansberry emphasizes the connections between her activism and her art, and sheds light on lesser-known aspects of her life.
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Greenwich Village
Learn about the vibrant singer-songwriter scene in 1960s Greenwich Village in this engaging documentary, which features many artists likely to be heard on the stereo in the Brusteins’ apartment.
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A Raisin in the Sun
Continue your appreciation of Lorraine Hansberry’s work with her most well-known play.
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To Be Young, Gifted, and Black
After her death, Hansberry’s husband Robert Nemiroff compiled this unique autobiography of Hansberry by drawing from her journals, letters and other personal writing, and interspersing excerpts from her plays throughout the text.
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The Harlem Uprising
Dig deeper into the politics and civil rights movement in 1960s New York City, with a focus on the July 1964 uprisings in Harlem and Bedford-Stuyvesant after police killed a Black teen.
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Lorraine Hansberry
This eye-opening documentary describes the development of Hansberry’s first play, A Raisin in the Sun, its stage and film productions, and critical reception while providing information about Hansberry’s life.
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Looking for Lorraine
Perry wrote the first biography of Hansberry for adult audiences in 2018, and it remains a groundbreaking and illuminating portrait of the artist and her short but full life.
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The Cosmopolitans
Set in late 1950s Greenwich Village, Schulman’s retelling of Balzac’s Cousin Bette vividly evokes the neighborhood in which the Brusteins reside.
Format: eBook
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