Review
?A beautiful, lovable play. It is affectionately human, funny and touching. . . . A work of theatrical magic in which the usual barrier between audience and stage disappears.?
John Chapman, New York News
?An honest, intelligible, and moving experience.?
Walter Kerr, New York Herald Tribune
?Miss Hansberry has etched her characters with understanding, and told her story with dramatic impact. She has a keen sense of humor, an ear for accurate speech and compassion for people.?
Robert Coleman, New York Mirror
?A Raisin in the Sun has vigor as well as veracity.?
Brooks Atkinson, New York Times
?It is honest drama, catching up real people. . . . It will make you proud of human beings.?
Frank Aston, New York World-Telegram & Sun
?A wonderfully emotional evening.?
John McClain, New York Journal American
From the Hardcover edition.
Book Description
This play debuted in the spring of 1959 and has since been translated into more than 30 languages. It is the story of a poor black family teetering with becoming part of the middle class. Family struggles test the faith of all involved, and the result is less than expected and filled with heartbreak.
This concise supplement to Lorraine Vivian Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun helps students understand the overall structure of the novel, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author.
Raisin in the Sun (Cliffs Notes) ANNOTATION
The drama of a black family planning to move into a white neigborhood and a drama that explores the interaction of races in Greenwich Village.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever."—The New York Times.
FROM THE CRITICS
Library Journal
The film version of Hansberry's landmark play A Raisin in the Sun (1961) was the first depiction of African American life seen by mainstream America. Hansberry included in her screen version several scenes of the Younger family interacting with the white world to show their deprivation and the subtle forms of racism they encountered in their everyday lives. In typical Hollywood fashion most of those scenes were cut, which softened the drama's angry voice. This new edition of the uncut original was edited by Hansberry's ex-husband and literary executor Nemiroff, who made a lifelong commitment to seeing that Hansberry's talent was fully recognized. African American collections as well as film collections will find this script of interest.-- Marcia L. Perry, Berkshire Athenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass.
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