A Raisin in the Sun
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Lorraine Hansberry was the youngest American playwright ever to win the Best American Play Award from the New York Drama Critics' Circle. Her other worksinclude The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window and Les Blancs. She died of cancer at thirty-four.
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," "New York" Times
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"It is honest drama, catching up real people. . . . It will make you proud of human beings."
Frank Aston, New York "World-Telegram & Sun"
"A wonderfully emotional evening."
John McClain, New York "Journal American
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"From the Hardcover edition."
" 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," "New York" Times
"
" It is honest drama, catching up real people. . . . It will make you proud of human beings."
Frank Aston, New York "World-Telegram & Sun"
" A wonderfully emotional evening."
John McClain, New York "Journal American
"
"From the Hardcover edition."
