The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window (Masterplots II: Drama, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Lorraine Hansberry
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Plot: Problem play
- Time of Work: The early 1960’s
- Setting: Greenwich Village in New York City
- Principal Characters: Sidney Brustein, Iris, Mavis Parodus Bryson, Gloria Parodus, Alton Scales, David Ragin, Wally O’Hara
- Genres: Domestic realism
- Subjects: African Americans
- Locales: New York, NY
The Play
All the action in The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window occurs in the Brustein apartment. Act 1 opens on a late spring evening as Sidney Brustein and Alton Scales return to the apartment carrying cases of restaurant glasses, the remains of Sidney’s venture into the nightclub business. The failure of his nightclub/coffeehouse, however, does not deter Sidney from planning another venture—publishing a weekly community newspaper. Sidney has not yet informed his wife, Iris, of his plans, knowing that the revelation will create tension.
Sidney and Iris...
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