{"product_id":"a-raisin-in-the-sun-the-unfilmed-original-screenplay","title":"A Raisin in the Sun (The Unfilmed Original Screenplay)","description":"\"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberry's landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLorraine 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"","brand":"Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67819021664482,"sku":"CN-Books-2026-10-15-PRH-6","price":49.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/9780679755333.jpg?v=1793067524","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/en-ca\/products\/a-raisin-in-the-sun-the-unfilmed-original-screenplay","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}