A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun"Never before, 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. Indeed 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

"Never before, 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.

Indeed 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." This Modern Library edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/29/2004
ISBN: 9780679755333
Pages: 160
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 6.70h x 4.10w x 0.50d
Accelerated Reader Quiz #/Name: 56457 / Raisin in the Sun
Reading Level: 5.5 / Interest Level: Upper Grade / Point Value: 5