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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.Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House USA INC International Concepts
ISBN-139780679601722
eBay Product ID (ePID)90876430
Product Key Features
Book TitleA Raisin in the Sun
Publication Year1995
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
AuthorLorraine Hansberry
TopicPlays, Books
Dimensions
Item Height191 mm
Item Weight238 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
Title_AuthorLorraine Hansberry