CLYBOURNE PARK Author Bruce Norris wrote the play “Clybourne Park” in response to the play “A Raisin in the Sun” written by author Lorraine Hansberry. It interprets fictional events set before and after the Hansberry play and is roughly based on historical events primarily focused in the city of Chicago. Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize‚ it is a provocative new play about the volatile combination of race and real estate. This is the first piece so far this semester that was written
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Word Count: 1‚002 Clybourne Park Essay The Broadway play “Clybourne Park” is based off the movie and play “The Raisin in the Sun”. It is written by Bruce Norris and was honored with many awards including the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for drama and the Tony Award for best play. Bruce Norris wrote the play by having it pick up right where “The Raisin in the Sun” left off. By doing this‚ Bruce Norris picks up where the drama was and shows the racial tensions in the 1950’s and 1960’s up until present day
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Clybourne Park Symbols Bruce Norris the writer of the play Clybourne Park that is based off of the famous play A Raisin in the Sun. The play Clybourne Park‚ beings in 1959‚ this is at the end of the segregation period. It starts with a black family who wants to move into a white neighborhood but the head of the neighborhood is trying to keep them out. Then the play jumps fifty years into the future to 2009 where the house‚ which is owned by the black family‚ is now run down and the neighborhood
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she did not know about it * Dan arrives with buried trunk containing Kenneth’s suicide note; note is left unread The play takes place in a middle class white neighborhood in Chicago called Clybourne Park. The First Act takes place in 1959‚ the Second‚ in 2009. My favorite character in Clybourne Park is Kathy. I find it interesting that Kathy is connected to the family from A Raisin in the Sun. This fact brings the two stories together to mention the character of Mr. Lindner who was in A Raisin
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Gentrification at a Cost “It’s a great neighborhood‚” a testament to Clybourne Park said by former resident‚ Kevin Taylor. Kevin was a small man‚ about 5’8”‚ grey haired and with a black bowler hat. He wears navy blue slacks‚ a red button up-shirt with a blazer over it. He walks with a slump in his step as though something is wrong but he doesn’t quite know what. He hadn’t lived in Clybourne Park for five years‚ moving out in July of 2011‚ during a period many refer to as heavy gentrification. In
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50 Years to Move In And Out The play Clybourne Park was enjoyable to watch. The first act that takes place in 1959 showed the world of an older couple who wants to sell their house and move to the city. With the beginning of the play‚ the man was in the armchair‚ the woman was busy organizing things with the help of the black servant. During the act‚ other characters enter the house and the main conversation topic among them is selling the house. The couple’s neighbors are trying to convince the
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Youngers family moving to Clybourne park they will be living in constant fear‚ they are the only blacks that was about to live in that Neighborhood. The house that Lena purchase she was not informed that the house there about to live in someone had committed suicide. In Lorraine Hansberry’s play‚ A raisin in the sun‚ the Younger family is not doing the right thing by moving into their new home. For the Younger to move to Clybourne Park putting their whole entire family in danger they have to think
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brought a lot of emotion to key lines and brought them to life. The suicide of the son‚ and the conflict over racism; kept my attention by making me uncomfortable. I wondered what stupid lines certain characters would say to increase the anger. Clybourne Park really made me think about racism. Act I made me feel like I was there in the 1950’s‚ in a time I really don’t understand. The students at Montevallo did a great job in performing the play and pulling the audience into the story. 3. Which actors
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Nick Lewis Theatre 110-01 10/4/13 Production Paper Clybourne Park What’s interesting about Clybourne Park is that it nearly repeats itself in two different time eras. Therefore it has two of every element within the dramatic structure period. The play contains two beginnings‚ two climaxes‚ and two endings all tied together into one comical story with an important underlying theme of racism. Like most plays Clybourne Park opens up with exposition dialogue which helps portray the time period and what
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All national parks have incredible educational opportunities‚ and the more people that visit‚ means more possibilities of education. In a beautiful park you can relax‚ free your mind and meditate‚ or exercise. It’s healthy for the environment. National parks are places of natural beauty. Many people have fun bushwalking‚ camping or having a picnic. There are lots of things to do in a national park such as painting‚ taking photographs‚ enjoying the view and taking in fresh air. If we didn’t have
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