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A Raisin In the Sun
[Paperback - 2004]
lorraine hansberry
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Publisher: Vintage | ISBN: 9780679755333 | Pages: 0
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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."

About the Author

People know American playwrightLorraine Vivian Hansberryfor her playA Raisin in the Sun(1959).This writer inspired "To Be Young, Gifted and Black," song ofNina Simone.She, the first such Black woman, wrote a play, performed on Broadway. Her best known work highlights the lives of Blacks under racial segregation in Chicago. Family of the author struggled against segregation, challenging a restrictive covenant and eventually provoking the Supreme Court caseHansberry v. Lee. The title of the play was taken from the poem "Harlem" byLangston Hughes: "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"Hansberry moved to city of New York and afterward worked at the pan-Africanist newspaperFreedom, where she dealt with intellectuals, such asPaul RobesonandW.E.B. du Bois. Much of her work during this time concerned the African struggle for liberation and their impact on the world. People identified Hansberry as a lesbian, and several of her works concern sexual freedom, an important topic. She died of cancer at the age of 34 years.

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