| LC control no. | n 86109553 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3561.E4252 |
| Personal name heading | Kennedy, Adrienne |
| Variant(s) | Hawkins, Adrienne, 1931- |
| Other standard no. | 0000000108609644 34962 Q377490 |
| Biography/History note | Adrienne Kennedy is an African American playwright. |
| Associated place | Cleveland (Ohio) |
| Birth date | 1931-09-13 |
| Place of birth | Pittsburgh (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | Black Arts movement |
| Affiliation | Theater Hall of Fame (New York, N.Y.) |
| Profession or occupation | Dramatists Poets |
| Special note | Do not confuse with the choreographer, Adrienne Hawkins (n 97840366) URIs added to this record for the PCC URI MARC Pilot. Please do not remove or edit the URIs. |
| Found in | People who led to my plays, 1986, c1987: CIP title page (Adrienne Kennedy) data sheet (b. 9/13/31) LC data base, 11/3/86 (hdg.: Kennedy, Adrienne) The Adrienne Kennedy reader, 2001: CIP galley (b. Adrienne Hawkins in 1931; married Joseph Kennedy) Wikipedia, 20 March 2021 (Adrienne Kennedy; born Adrienne Lita Hawkins Sept. 13, 1931 in Pittsburgh, Pa.; grew up in Cleveland, Ohio; an American playwright who was a key figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s; Kennedy is noted for the use of surrealism in her plays, which are often plotless and symbolic, drawing on mythical, historical, and imaginary figures to depict and explore the African-American experience) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_Kennedy> Adrienne Kennedy, People Who Led to My Plays, 1987 : page 22 (I realized dimly that this meant some of our ancestors too had come from England, since, like most 'Negro' families in town, we had white relations as well as 'Negro.' ) New York times, Jan. 18, 2021: in an article entitled, "A playwright, otherworldly and heady," on page C1 (Adrienne Kennedy has a lengthy c.v. of plays and honors, including Obie Awards, a Guggenheim and a spot in the Theatre Hall of Fame; Kennedy's work is never easy, and by that I mean traditional, with conservative three-act structures and chronological storytelling; Kennedy's characters never simply exist in one place, or in one moment. They are cleaved by history, institutionalized oppression and violence, and her narrative structures ... reflect the complexiities of that reality) |
| Associated language | eng |
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