{"product_id":"a-raisin-in-the-sun-hardcover-1","title":"A Raisin in the Sun - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLorraine Hansberry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Nemiroff\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Never before, 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 \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e opened on Broadway in 1959. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIndeed 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The events of every passing year add resonance to \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e,\" said \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \"It is as if history is conspiring to make the play a classic.\" This Modern Library edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eNever before, 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. \u003cbr\u003eIndeed 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.\" \u003cbr\u003e\"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.\" This Modern Library edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLorraine Hansberry\u003c\/b\u003e, at twenty-nine, became the youngest American, the fifth woman, and the first black playwright to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for the Best Play of the Year. Her \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e has since been published and produced in some 30 countries, while her film adaptation was nominated by the New York critics for the Best Screenplay and received a Cannes Film Festival Award. At thirty-four, during the run of her second play, \u003ci\u003eThe Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window\u003c\/i\u003e, Lorraine Hansberry died of cancer. In the years since her death, her stature has continued to grow. \u003ci\u003eTo Be Young, Gifted and Black\u003c\/i\u003e, a dramatic portrait of the playwright in her own words, was the longest-running Off-Broadway drama of 1969, and has been recorded, filmed, and published in expanded book form, and has toured an unprecedented forty states and two hundred colleges. In 1986, following the stage production of the 25th anniversary of \u003ci\u003eA Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/i\u003e by the Roundabout Theatre in New York City, the play was widely acclaimed as in the foremost ranks of American classics. In 1990, the PBS \u003ci\u003eAmerican Playhouse\u003c\/i\u003e TV adaptation of the 25th-anniversary version had one of the highest viewing audiences in PBS history. \u003ci\u003eLes Blancs\u003c\/i\u003e, her last play--posthumously performed on Broadway and recently in prominent regional theaters--has been hailed by a number of critics as her best. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Nemiroff\u003c\/b\u003e (1929-1991) was a Broadway producer and the literary executor of Lorraine Hansberry's estate.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.56 x 4.94 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 22, 1995\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Raisin in the Sun\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5.5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51756894945568,"sku":"9780679601722","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1ca813cb9ee56c473f167a531fabd0b9.webp?v=1780088596","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/a-raisin-in-the-sun-hardcover-1","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}