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Dreams deferred explode in a Chicago family’s fight for hope.

A Raisin in the Sun

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  • Paperback

    160 pages

  • Release Date

    29 November 2004

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Summary

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.

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780679755333
ISBN-10:0679755330
Author:Lorraine Hansberry
Publisher:Vintage Books USA
Imprint:Vintage Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:160
Release Date:29 November 2004
Weight:85g
Dimensions:11mm x 105mm x 173mm
Series:Vintage Books
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry - ISBN: 9780679755333
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

“One of a handful of great American plays—it belongs in the inner circle, along with Death of a Salesman, Long Day’s Journey Into Night, and The Glass Menagerie.” —The Washington Post

“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, The 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

About The Author

Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry was the youngest American playwright ever to win the Best American Play Award from the New York Drama Critics’ Circle. Her other works include “The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window” and “Les Blancs.” She died of cancer at thirty-four.

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