Yale University
Yale New Haven Teachers Institute: A Raisin in the Sun
This site features discussion questions to go along with each scene of the play "A Raisin in the Sun," by Lorraine Hansberry. Learners will gain a broader perspective of Hansberry's work when they visit this site.
Georgia Humanities Council and the University of Georgia Press.
New Georgia Encyclopedia: Georgia Douglas Johnson
Learn about Georgia Douglas Johnson, an important Harlem Renaissance poet and playwright. List of suggested readings included.
Authors Calendar
Author's Calendar: Upton Beall Sinclair
Biography, selected publications, and a list of further reading.
PBS
Pbs: American Masters: Lillian Hellman
From the PBS series, American Masters, this is the biography for the American playwright Lillian Hellman.
PBS
Pbs: American Masters: Neil Simon
From the PBS series, American Masters, this is the biography for the American playwright Neil Simon.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Trifles by Susan Glaspell
This is the full text of a one-act play by Susan Glaspell, a 1919 play about a murder, based loosely on a true event.
Wisconsin Historical Society
Wisconsin Historical Society: Thornton Wilder
A short biography of Thornton Wilder, one of America's best-known novelists and playwrights and a native of Madison, Wisconsin.