Summary "'Love to All, Lorraine" is a one-woman one act play on the life of the late playwright and Civil Rights activist Lorraine Hansberry. Written and performed by Elizabeth Van Dyke, "Lorraine" weaves together, in a train of consciousness, significant periods of the playwright's life that include memories of being raised in a family that refused to be humbled by racial prejudice, learning African History from W.E.B. DuBois and working for Paul Robeson, marrying a man of Jewish heritage and struggling to write during a losing battle with cancer. "Lorraine" depicts a woman struggling for dignity for herself and her people during a seminal period for the American Civil Rights movement. View more details
Directed : Woodie King Jr.
Written : Lorraine Hansberry Elizabeth Van Dyke
Stars : Elizabeth Van Dyke
Genres : Biography
Release date : Feb 7, 1983
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : Group W Cable Productions
Summary "'Love to All, Lorraine" is a one-woman one act play on the life of the late playwright and Civil Rights activist Lorraine Hansberry. Written and performed by Elizabeth Van Dyke, "Lorraine" weaves together, in a train of consciousness, significant periods of the playwright's life that include memories of being raised in a family that refused to be humbled by racial prejudice, learning African History from W.E.B. DuBois and working for Paul Robeson, marrying a man of Jewish heritage and struggling to write during a losing battle with cancer. "Lorraine" depicts a woman struggling for dignity for herself and her people during a seminal period for the American Civil Rights movement. View more details
Genres : Biography
Release date : Feb 7, 1983
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : Group W Cable Productions
