A Raisin in the Sun and the Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window - by Lorraine Hansberry (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>With Raisin in the Sun, Hansberry gave this country its most moving authentic portrayal of black family life in the inner city. The Sing in Sidney Brustein's Window provides an unforgettable portrait of a man struggling with his individual fate in an age of racial and social injustice. Introduction by Robert Nemiroff.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>By the time of her death, at the tragically young age of thirty-four, Lorraine Hansberry had created two electrifying masterpieces of the American theater. With <i>A Raisin in the Sun</i>, Hansberry gave this country its most movingly authentic portrayal of black family life in the inner city. Barely five years later, with <i>The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window</i>, Hansberry gave us an unforgettable portrait of a man struggling with his individual fate in an age of racial and social injustice. These two plays remain milestones in the American theater, remarkable not only for their historical value but for their continued ability to engage the imagination and the heart. <p/>With an Introduction by Robert Nemiroff<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Rich and warm and funny and varied ... beautifully written."-- Los Angeles Times, on The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window <p/>"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."--Washington Post, on A Raisin in the Sun<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Lorraine Hansberry</b>, at twenty-nine, became the youngest American, the fifth woman, and the first black playwright to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for the Best Play of the Year. Her <i>A Raisin in the Sun</i> has since been published and produced in some 30 countries, while her film adaptation was nominated by the New York critics for the Best Screenplay and received a Cannes Film Festival Award. At thirty-four, during the run of her second play, <i>The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window</i>, Lorraine Hansberry died of cancer. In the years since her death, her stature has continued to grow. <i>To Be Young, Gifted and Black</i>, a dramatic portrait of the playwright in her own words, was the longest-running Off-Broadway drama of 1969, and has been recorded, filmed, and published in expanded book form, and has toured an unprecedented forty states and two hundred colleges. In 1986, following the stage production of the 25th anniversary of <i>A Raisin in the Sun</i> by the Roundabout Theatre in New York City, the play was widely acclaimed as in the foremost ranks of American classics. In 1990, the PBS <i>American Playhouse</i> TV adaptation of the 25th-anniversary version had one of the highest viewing audiences in PBS history. <i>Les Blancs</i>, her last play--posthumously performed on Broadway and recently in prominent regional theaters--has been hailed by a number of critics as her best.
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