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A Raisin in the Sun

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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."

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Nov 2011 Vintage ISBN13 9780307807441 ISBN10 0307807444
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Nov 2011 Vintage ISBN10 B005U3Z5MA
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Sep 2021 Methuen Drama ISBN13 9781350241213 ISBN10 1350241210
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Feb 2016 Brilliance Audio ISBN13 9781522609940 ISBN10 1522609946
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