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A Raisin in the Sun

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.  more

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Lorraine Hansberry / 1994 / 151 pages Books

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Posted: Jul-30-2009
A story of reversion and redemption

This story was one of the most fascinating plays I have ever read. In particular, whenever I watch old re-runs of "Good Times" I always think of Walter, and and the Younger Family, living happily, albeit not necessarily comfortably in...

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2/5
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Posted: Jun-08-2009
Language is distracting, so maybe I missed the point.

"A Raisin in the Sun" tells how the Younger family lives in a cramped apartment. They are waiting for a check that could make all the difference in the world. We are introduced to Mama, who runs her family with a tight, but not...

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5/5
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Posted: Nov-30-2008
A Play for our Times

Lorraine Hansberry's dramatic play, A Raisin in the Sun, is about the life of an African-American family living on the South Side of Chicago in the years following the Second World War. Lena Younger (Mama) is the head of the family that...

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5/5
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Posted: Oct-24-2008
Great Book!!

I loved this book! I saw the movie, but the book goes into much more detail. It's amazing how you don't recognize the littlest things but they make such a big difference.

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A story of reversion and redemption

This story was one of the most fascinating plays I have ever read. In particular, whenever I watch old re-runs of "Good Times" I always think of Walter, and and the Younger Family, living happily, albeit not necessarily comfortably in...

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Posted: Nov-29-2007
Realism at work

I found that this play was somewhat easy to read but definitely fits into the realism genre which I'm not really into so much. The story in mainly one about race relations but also has a large amount of insight on family dynamics. If...

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Posted: Jun-08-2009
Language is distracting, so maybe I missed the point.

"A Raisin in the Sun" tells how the Younger family lives in a cramped apartment. They are waiting for a check that could make all the difference in the world. We are introduced to Mama, who runs her family with a tight, but not...

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