\u201cNever before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black people\u2019s lives been seen on the stage,\u201d observed James Baldwin shortly before\u00a0A Raisin in the Sun<\/em>\u00a0opened on Broadway in 1959.<\/strong><\/p>\n This edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry\u2019s landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.<\/p>\n Lorraine Hansberry\u2019s 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\u2014and changed American theater forever. The play\u2019s title comes from a line in Langston Hughes\u2019s poem \u201cHarlem,\u201d which warns that a dream deferred might \u201cdry up\/like a raisin in the sun.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe events of every passing year add resonance to\u00a0A Raisin in the Sun<\/em>,\u201d said\u00a0The New York Times<\/em>. \u201cIt is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Author: Lorraine Hansberry
\nPublication date: 29 Nov 2004
\nPublisher: Random House USA Ltd
\nImprint: Vintage Books
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