"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."

• We started tracking this book on August 3, 2012.
• This book was $6.99 when we started tracking it.
• The price of this book has changed 126 times in the past 4,572 days.
• The current price of this book is $4.99 last checked one day ago.
• This lowest price this book has been offered at in the past year is $1.99.
• The lowest price to date was $1.99 last reached on February 1, 2025.
• This book has been $1.99 3 times since we started tracking it.
• The highest price to date was $14.99 last reached on February 17, 2020.
• This book has been $14.99 one time since we started tracking it.

• Text-to-Speech: Disabled
• Lending: Disabled
• Print Length: 162 Pages
• File Size: 2,030 KB