Playwright Lorraine Hansberry’s family bought a house in the white neighborhood of Washington Park, Chicago. The action resulted in a legal case, Hansberry v. Lee, 311 U.S. 32 (1940). Her play, A Raisin in the Sun, tells the story of an African-American family who also moves into an all-white neighborhood in Chicago. Bruce Norris’ Clybourne Park is written in response to Hansberry’s earlier play, and portrays events Norris has imagined might have taken place in the home featured in A Raisin in the Sun before and after the action in Hansberry’s play.
Norris’ play was awarded the 2011
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