"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."
| EAN: | 9780679755333 |
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| ISBN: | 0679755330 |
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| Binding: | Mass Market Paperbound |
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| Pages: | 160 |
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| Author: | Hansberry, Lorraine |
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