A raisin in the sun

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A raisin in the sun

Title:

A raisin in the sun

Author:

Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965, author.

Nemiroff, Robert, writer of introduction.

Summary:

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."

General Note:

"Originally published in 1958."

Edition:

1st Vintage books ed.

Physical Description:

151 pages ; 18 cm

Genre:

Domestic drama.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader Grades 9-12 5.5 5 Quiz 56457 English fiction, vocabulary quiz available.

Subject Term:

African American families -- Drama.