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
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