A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry

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A Raisin in the Sun

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Author: Lorraine Hansberry
ISBN: 9780679755333

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Published on Nov 29, 2004 | 160 Pages

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“Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people’s lives been seen on the stage,” observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959.

This edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry’s landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.

Lorraine Hansberry’s award-winning drama about the hopes and aspirations of a struggling, working-class family living on the South Side of Chicago connected profoundly with the psyche of Black America—and changed American theater forever. The play’s title comes from a line in Langston Hughes’s poem “Harlem,” which warns that a dream deferred might “dry up/like a raisin in the sun.”

“The events of every passing year add resonance to A Raisin in the Sun,” said The New York Times. “It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic.”

“One of a handful of great American plays—it belongs in the inner circle, along with Death of a Salesman, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and The Glass Menagerie.” —The Washington Post

“A beautiful, lovable play. It is affectionately human, funny and touching…. A work of theatrical magic in which the usual barrier between audience and stage disappears.” —John Chapman, New York News

“An honest, intelligible, and moving experience.” —Walter Kerr, New York Herald Tribune

“Miss Hansberry has etched her characters with understanding, and told her story with dramatic impact. She has a keen sense of humor, an ear for accurate speech and compassion for people.” —Robert Coleman, New York Mirror

“A Raisin in the Sun has vigor as well as veracity.” —Brooks Atkinson, The New York Times

“It is honest drama, catching up real people…. It will make you proud of human beings.” —Frank Aston, New York World-Telegram & Sun

“A wonderfully emotional evening.” —John McClain, New York Journal American

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Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965) electrified the theatrical world with her first play, A Raisin in the Sun, which won the New York Critics Circle Award for the 1958-59 season. Before her tragic death from cancer at the age of 34, she had already produced a remarkable body of work, including The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window and Les Blancs. Her former husband and literary executor, the late Robert Nemiroff, posthumously produced and published her To Be Young, Gifted and Black and the musical Raisin.

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