Pub Date: November 29, 2004
Dewey: 812.54
LCCN: 94020636
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Price on Product
Target Age Group: NA to NA
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 6.70" L x 4.10" W ( 0.20 lbs) 160 pages
BISAC Categories:
Drama | African American and Black | Women Authors | American
Description: When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. "A play that changed American theater forever".--The New York Times.
Review Quotes: "One of a handful of great American plays--it belongs in the inner circle, along with Death of a Salesman, Long Day's Journey Into Night, and The Glass Menagerie." --The Washington Post
"A beautiful, lovable play. It is affectionately human, funny and touching.... 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, The New York Times