A Raisin in the Sun
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (676 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0679755330 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 151 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Pioneering African American Drama" according to James Ellsworth. I come to this play with the thought that ever since the first slave came to the American Colonies there has always been a Civil Rights struggle. This play is part of its voice, covering perhaps ideas current just after World War II and into the middle 1950's. It is a play full of dreams of empowerment and self-realization for members of one family and for. "Classic Play about a Family's Dreams" according to MovieGuy. A Raisin in the Sun is a classic play about one family's hopes and dreams in 1950's America. Every character in this play has a different dream. The main character of Mama is an African American domestic worker whose husband has died and left her a insurance policy. At the play's beginning, Mama is waiting on the insurance check to arrive. She and her fami. Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair. - L. Hughes Eddie Hutchinson `A Raisin in the Sun' by Lorraine Hansberry is a play that has become a true American classic. In 1959 it hit Broadway like no other. James Baldwin proclaimed, "never before in the entire history of the American theater had so much of the truth of black people's lives been seen on stage." Since its opening, this play has garnered worldwide acclaim and spaw
Walter Lee, a chauffeur, has other plans, however: buying a liquor store and being his own man. This groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeill, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959. Beneatha dreams of medical school. Set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis and matriarch Lena, called Mama. The tensions and prejudice they face form this seminal American drama. When her deceased husband's insurance money comes through
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,<