A Raisin in the Sun"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." |
Contents
Section 1 | 3 |
Section 2 | 5 |
Section 3 | 15 |
Section 4 | 19 |
Section 5 | 21 |
Section 6 | 22 |
Section 7 | 23 |
Section 8 | 76 |
Section 9 | 131 |
Section 10 | 153 |
Section 11 | 154 |
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Common terms and phrases
Africa ain't going ain't never American Playhouse ASAGAI baby bathroom bedroom BENEATHA Oh Bennie Big Walter BOBO Brother can't hardly wait child Clybourne Park colored Daddy Danny Glover Diana Sands door dream Esther Rolle exits eyes face feel GEORGE MURCHISON Gifted and Black girl goes guess hair hands head hear honey John Fiedler JOHNSON laughs Lena LINDNER living Lloyd Richards Looking at RUTH Lorraine Hansberry MAMA Looking MAMA Oh mean morning mother moving nice Nigeria night OCOMOGOSIAY opens Pause play Raisin Robert Nemiroff RUTH Looking RUTH Walter RUTH'S scene Sidney Poitier sits slowly Smiling Southside stands stares starts stops suddenly sure talking bout tell thank there's things thinking bout TRAVIS understand waits WALTER Coming WALTER Looking WALTER TO RUTH watches Well-I What's the matter Willy Harris window WNET woman wrong Yeah Yoruba