The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window

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The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window is a 1964 social drama play by Lorraine Hansberry that explores political idealism, race, and personal disillusionment in Greenwich Village.

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instanceOf play ⓘ
stage work ⓘ
author Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
authorNationality American ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
creatorGenderOfAuthor female ⓘ
dramaticForm realist drama ⓘ
firstPerformanceYear 1964 ⓘ
firstRunLocation New York City ⓘ
followsWork A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
genre political drama ⓘ
realist drama ⓘ
social drama ⓘ
hasCulturalContext 1960s American counterculture ⓘ
civil rights movement era ⓘ
hasDialogueLanguage English ⓘ
hasLiteraryPeriod 20th-century American drama ⓘ
hasNotableAspect addresses interracial issues indirectly ⓘ
engages with leftist politics ⓘ
second major play by Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
set in bohemian Greenwich Village apartment ⓘ
hasTitleCharacter Sidney Brustein ⓘ
hasType three-act play ⓘ
intendedMedium live theatre performance ⓘ
locationOfNarrative Greenwich Village ⓘ
mainCharacter Iris Brustein ⓘ
Sidney Brustein ⓘ
mediumOfPerformance theatre ⓘ
movement civil rights era drama ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf American theatre ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Broadway ⓘ
publicationYear 1964 ⓘ
settingTime 1960s ⓘ
subject activism ⓘ
bohemian culture ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
personal disillusionment ⓘ
political idealism ⓘ
race ⓘ
theme conflict between idealism and realism ⓘ
disillusionment with political movements ⓘ
identity ⓘ
interpersonal relationships ⓘ
racial politics in the United States ⓘ
writer Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ

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Lorraine Hansberry → notableWork → The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window ⓘ
Frances Sternhagen → notableWork → The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window ⓘ
Les Blancs → relatedWork → The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window ⓘ
linked to: The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window