Whow wrote the play that Claudia McNeil is known for playing the role of Lena Younger?
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Claudia McNeil Claudia McNeil (August 13, 1917 – November 25, 1993) was an American actress known for premiering the role of matriarch Lena Younger in both the stage and screen productions of "A Raisin in the Sun". She later appeared in a 1981 production of the musical version of the play, "Raisin" presented by Equity Library Theater. She was twice nominated for a Tony Award, first for her onstage performance in "A Raisin in the Sun" (1959), and again for the play "Tiger Tiger Burning Bright" in 1962. She was also nominated for a Golden Globe Award and a BAFTA Award for the screen version of "A Raisin in the Sun" in 1961.
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A Raisin in the Sun A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred") by Langston Hughes. The story tells of a black family's experiences in the Washington Park Subdivision of Chicago's Woodlawn neighborhood as they attempt to "better" themselves with an insurance payout following the death of the father. The New York Drama Critics' Circle named it the best play of 1959.
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Claudia Morgan Claudia Louise Morgan (June 12, 1911 – September 17, 1974) was an American film, television and radio actress. She was best known for debuting the role of Vera Claythorne in the first Broadway production of Agatha Christie's "Ten Little Indians" and for her portrayal of Nora Charles on the 1940s radio series, "The Adventures of the Thin Man".
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The Ride Down Mt. Morgan The Ride Down Mt. Morgan is a play by Arthur Miller.
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The Lake (play) The Lake is a British play written by Dorothy Massingham and Murray MacDonald. It debuted on Broadway at the Martin Beck Theatre on December 26, 1933 and was one of acting legend Katharine Hepburn's first major Broadway roles.
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The International (play) The International is a play by the American playwright John Howard Lawson. It was first produced by the New Playwrights' Theatre in New York, opening on January 12 1928. Lawson directed this production, while John Dos Passos designed the sets, Edward A. Ziman composed its music, Don Oscar Becque choreographed the dances, and Helen Johnson designed the costumes.
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Homechild Homechild is a play written by Canadian Governor General's Award-winning playwright Joan MacLeod.
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C. M. S. McLellan C. M. S. McLellan (1865–1916) was a London-based American playwright and composer who often wrote under the pseudonym Hugh Morton. McLellan is probably best remembered for the musical "The Belle of New York" and drama "Leah Kleschna".
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The Neon Woman The Neon Woman is a comic play written by Tom Eyen. The play is an outrageous murder mystery set in a seedy Baltimore burlesque house run by a retired stripper (Divine). It was written as a vehicle for "Pink Flamingos" star Divine (Harris Glenn Milstead), who had previously starred in a revival of Eyen's "Women Behind Bars". The cast also featured Helen Hanft, Brenda Bergman, William Duff-Griffin, Maria Duval, Sweet William Edgar, Lee Corbet, Debra Greenfield, Hope Stansbury and George Patterson, and was directed by longtime Eyen collaborator Ron Link. It played at Hurrah, a trendy dance club on Manhattan's Upper West Side. It opened on April 16, 1978, and played 84 performances, closing on July 15, 1978.
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Honey in the Rock (play) Honey in the Rock is an outdoor musical-drama by American playwright Kermit Hunter and composer Jack Kilpatrick. It is the oldest American Civil War drama that continues to be performed. "Honey in the Rock" has been performed annually by Theatre West Virginia since 1961 at the Cliffside Amphitheatre in Grandview Park near Beckley, West Virginia. The drama tells the story of the turbulent times during the Civil War that created the state of West Virginia.
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The Colored Museum The Colored Museum is a play written by George C. Wolfe that premiered in 1986, directed by L. Kenneth Richardson. In a series of 11 “exhibits” (sketches), the review explores and satires prominent themes and identities of African-American culture.
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There Shall Be No Night There Shall Be No Night is a three-act play written by American playwright Robert E. Sherwood.
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Silver Lining (play) Silver Lining is a play by British-Danish playwright and comedian Sandi Toksvig. The show opened at the Rose Theatre Kingston, on 3 February 2017 and is touring the UK in 2017.
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After the Night and the Music After the Night and the Music is a one-act play in three parts, written by Elaine May. It opened in 2005. May derived the name of the play from the Howard Dietz song "You and the Night and the Music".
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The Masque of Kings (play) The Masque of Kings is a 1936 three-act drama written by Maxwell Anderson. It was
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The Legend of Georgia McBride The Legend of Georgia McBride is a 2015 American play written by Matthew Lopez.
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The Seven Descents of Myrtle The Seven Descents of Myrtle is a play by Tennessee Williams. It originally began as a short story, which Williams then turned into a one-act play, and then later revised it into the seven-act play that is accepted today. Its title character is reminiscent of another Williams' heroine, Blanche Dubois in "A Streetcar Named Desire".
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The Shape of Things The Shape of Things is a 2001 play by American author and film director Neil LaBute and a 2003 American romantic drama film. It premièred at the Almeida Theatre, London in 2001 with Paul Rudd as Adam, Rachel Weisz as Evelyn, Gretchen Mol as Jenny, and Fred Weller as Phillip. The play was directed by LaBute himself. According to the author's instructions, it is to be performed without an interval or a curtain call.
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Spring Storm Spring Storm is a 1937 play written by American playwright Tennessee Williams. Tennessee Williams wrote "Spring Storm" when he was twenty-six years old, in 1937, while studying as an apprentice. "Spring Storm" received poor reviews in Williams’s playwriting course, and it did not receive its first production until 1995 in Berkeley, California. The European premiere took place at the Royal & Derngate Northampton on 15 October 2009, running alongside "Beyond the Horizon" by Eugene O'Neill. Both productions subsequently transferred to the Royal National Theatre in 2010 to the Cottesloe Theatre. Written and rewritten between 1937 and 1938, this full-length play depicts life and conflicted love in a small Mississippi Delta town during the Great Depression.
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Macbeth Macbeth ( ; full title The Tragedy of Macbeth) is a tragedy by William Shakespeare; it is thought to have been first performed in 1606. It dramatises the damaging physical and psychological effects of political ambition on those who seek power for its own sake. Of all the plays that Shakespeare wrote during the reign of James I, who was patron of Shakespeare's acting company, "Macbeth" most clearly reflects the playwright's relationship with his sovereign. It was first published in the Folio of 1623, possibly from a prompt book, and is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy.
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Rebecca Lenkiewicz Rebecca Lenkiewicz (born 1968) is a British playwright. She is best known as the author of "Her Naked Skin" (2008), which was the first original play written by a living female playwright to be performed on the Olivier stage of the Royal National Theatre.
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Desire Under the Elms Desire Under the Elms is a 1924 play written by Eugene O'Neill. Like "Mourning Becomes Electra", "Desire Under the Elms" signifies an attempt by O'Neill to adapt plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural New England setting. It was inspired by the myth of Phaedra, Hippolytus, and Theseus. A film version was produced in 1958, and there is an operatic setting by Edward Thomas.