- unitid
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{"value"=>"1163475", "type"=>"local_mss"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1950-1986", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1986"}
{"value"=>"undated", "type"=>"inclusive"}
{"value"=>"1950s", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1950/1959"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Unproduced and Incomplete Play Scripts"}
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>Two of Hansberry's plays filed here, Laughing Boy and Masters of the Dew, were completed but never produced. The others were never completed. Laughing Boy was adapted from Oliver La Farge's 1929 novel of the same name which was based on Navajo themes. Hansberry had intended this play to be performed on Broadway as a musical. Correspondence between Hansberry and Nemiroff with the literary agent discusses rights to adapt the novel for the play script, 1960-1972. Laughing Boy, 1950-1972 (bulk 1961-1967), (.8 lin. ft.) includes three drafts written by Hansberry, with and without editorial changes for the musical adaptation in three acts, 1961-1963. There are also notes and various drafts by Nemiroff who completed the play script after Hansberry's death, including his final version of the script, 1967. Those drafts were renamed Navajo! and he credited himself as co-writer. A copy of the novel is in the collection.</p>"}
- date_start
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1950
- keydate
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1950
- date_end
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1986
- date_inclusive_start
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1950
- date_inclusive_end
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1986