Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers? by Lorraine Hansberry, Robert A. Nemiroff

Les Blancs: The Collected Last Plays: The Drinking Gourd/What Use Are Flowers?

Lorraine Hansberry, Robert A. Nemiroff

288 pages first pub 1972 (editions)

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Here are Lorraine Hansberry's last three plays--Les Blancs, The Drinking Gourd, and What Use Are Flowers?--representing the capstone of her achievement. Includes a new preface by Jewell Gresham Nemiroff and a revised introduction by Margaret B. Wi...

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Moods

reflective 100%
tense 83%
dark 66%
sad 33%
challenging 16%
emotional 16%
hopeful 16%

Pace

medium 66%
fast 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 50% | A mix: 50%

Strong character development?

No: 50% | It's complicated: 50%

Loveable characters?

No: 50% | It's complicated: 50%

Diverse cast of characters?

N/A: 50% | Yes: 50%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | N/A: 50%

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