"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."
"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."