Lorraine Hansberry termed her best work, and he adapted many of her writings into the play "To Be Young, Gifted and Black", which was the longest-running Off Broadway play of the 1968–69 season. It appeared in book form the following year under the title "To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in Her Own Words". She left behind an unfinished novel and several other plays, including "The Drinking Gourd" and "What Use Are Flowers?", with a range of content, from slavery to a post-apocalyptic future. "Raisin", a musical based on "A Raisin in the Sun," opened in New York in 1973,
Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly, (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish television presenter, journalist, model and actress. She has presented on TV-am, GMTV, ITV Breakfast, "Daybreak" and on her eponymous "Lorraine". Between 2012 and 2014, Kelly was a main female presenter of ITV's "Daybreak", which she co-hosted from Monday to Thursdays with Aled Jones. Since 2011, Kelly has hosted the annual "STV Children's Appeal". She hosts the telethon and sister shows such as "STV Appeal Stories" and "Lorraine & Friends". Kelly was born in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland. She is of Irish ancestry and Kelly's father, John, worked as a