Ossie Davis
Author
Publisher
Caedmon
Pub. Date
p2009.
Language
English
Description
Features some of Hansberry's plays, speeches and interviews.
A raisin in the sun: an emotionally lacerating landmark of modern American theatre. A play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
To be young, gifted and black: a glowing, vibrant, searing and, at the same...
Author
Language
English
Description
"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,...
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,...