
To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words
Overview
Excerpts from the 1969 Off-Broadway production at the Cherry Lane Theater of To Be Young, Gifted and Black: The World of Lorraine Hansberry, adapted by Robert Nemiroff, Hansberry's widower, and directed by Gene Frankel.
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Rita Gardner
Rita Gardner
Rita Gardner
Bruce Hall
Bruce Hall
Bruce Hall


Gertrude Jeannette
Gertrude Jeannette
Gertrude Jeannette


Janet League
Janet League
Janet League
Tina Sattin
Tina Sattin
Tina Sattin


Stephen Strimpell
Stephen Strimpell
Stephen Strimpell


Dolores Sutton
Dolores Sutton
Dolores Sutton


Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson
Cicely Tyson
Bernard Ward
Bernard Ward
Bernard Ward
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