To Be Young, Gifted and Black (play) which she eventually died at 34. The play was well received and was one of the most successful plays off-Broadway during the 1968–1969 season. The play is still anthologized and performed around the world. The autobiography adapted from the play was also critically acclaimed. To Be Young, Gifted and Black (play) "To Be Young, Gifted and Black: Lorraine Hansberry in her Own Words", was written by Lorraine Hansberry, an American writer best known for her 1957 play "A Raisin in the Sun", a play that made Hansberry the first black author of a show on Broadway. After her death in
Roger Hansbury Roger Hansbury Roger Hansbury (born 26 January 1955) is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He made 377 appearances in the Football League, and also played in Hong Kong. Hansbury was born in Barnsley, which was then in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He started his career with Norwich City, for whom he made 78 league appearances between 1974 and 1981, and spent spells on loan at Bolton Wanderers, Cambridge United and Orient. Unable to dislodge Chris Woods or Kevin Keelan from Norwich's starting lineup, he moved to Hong Kong in 1981 to play for Eastern AA.