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From: 'A Raisin in the Sun' A Drama in 3 Acts by Lorraine Hansberry, director's book, (manuscript notations in Lloyd Richards' hand; includes character study notes and set design sketches), 1959 [Lloyd Richards papers, JWJ MSS 176, Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT]
Studio portrait of playwright Lorraine Hansberry, David Cogan, Lloyd Richards, Philip Rose, and Sidney Poitier from the original 1959 Broadway production of “A Raisin in the Sun.”
March 11, 1959: Lorraine Hansberry’s play A Raisin in the Sun opens on Broadway. It was the first play by an African-American woman to do so, and the first directed by an African-American (Lloyd Richards). Featuring Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Louis Gossett, Ivan Dixon, and Diana Sands, it ran for nearly two years. Hansberry was only 29 at the time.
Above, Hansberry at the opening night party at Sardi’s. Below, a scene from the play, with Claudia McNeil, Sidney Poitier, and Diana Sands.
Photo above: Gordon Parks via the Life Picture Collection/Getty Images Photo below: Friedman-Abeles via NYPL
It's about time the piano realized it has not written the concerto!
Lloyd Richards, All About Eve.
Lorraine Hansberry, b. May 19, 1930 / 2026
From: 'A Raisin in the Sun' A Drama in 3 Acts by Lorraine Hansberry, director's book, (manuscript notations in Lloyd Richards' hand; includes character study notes and set design sketches), 1959 [Lloyd Richards papers, JWJ MSS 176, Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT]
From: 'A Raisin in the Sun' A Drama in 3 Acts by Lorraine Hansberry, director's book, (manuscript notations in Lloyd Richards' hand; includes character study notes and set design sketches), 1959 [Lloyd Richards papers, JWJ MSS 176, Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT]
From: 'A Raisin in the Sun’. A Drama in 3 Acts by Lorraine Hansberry, director's book, (manuscript notations in Lloyd Richards' hand; includes character study notes and set design sketches), 1959 [Lloyd Richards papers, JWJ MSS 176, Yale University Library, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, CT]
