Blues for Mister Charlie
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Blues for Mister Charlie is the second play by American writer James Baldwin, a social commentary drama in three acts. It was first produced and published in 1964. The play's program notes declared it
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Diana Sands
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Diana Patricia Sands was an American actress, perhaps most known for her portrayal of Beneatha Younger, the sister of Sidney Poitier's character, Walter, in the original stage and film versions of Lor
Blues for Mister Charlie
…well received. Awards and nominations Original Broadway production Year Award Category Nominee Result 1964 Tony Award Best Featured Actress in a Play Diana Sands Nominated See also Civil rights movement in popular culture "Baldwin's Blues for Mister Charlie," by Tom F. Driver, Christianity and Crisis 24.11 (June…
Photograph of Sands taken by Carl Van Vechten, 1963
As Beneatha Younger with Claudia McNeil and Sidney Poitier in the Broadway version of A Raisin in the Sun, 1959.
Sands in the trailer to A Raisin in the Sun (1961)