A Reader's Guide to Lorraine Hansberry's a Raisin in the Sun |
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Author:
| Loos, Pamela |
Series title: | Multicultural Literature Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-7660-2830-2 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2008 |
Publisher: | Enslow Publishing, LLC
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $34.93 |
Book Description:
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Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun was a landmark play. In addition to being the first play by an African-American woman to appear on Broadway, it was also directed by an African-American man, Lloyd Richards, and all but one of the actors in the production were African-American. The play became the first African-American play to gain national acclaim and broke Broadway records. Give your readers a compelling study of this great work.
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun was a landmark play. In addition to being the first play by an African-American woman to appear on Broadway, it was also directed by an African-American man, Lloyd Richards, and all but one of the actors in the production were African-American. The play became the first African-American play to gain national acclaim and broke Broadway records. Give your readers a compelling study of this great work.