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The first line of "Harlem" asks "What happens to a dream deferred?" and the following ten lines work to answer the question. Hughes first asks four questions (such as "Does it dry up/like a raisin in the sun?"), presents a conjecture ("Maybe it just sags/like a heavy load.") and ends with a final question ("Or does it explode?"). [5]
A Raisin in the Sun (1959) A Raisin in the Sun, screenplay (1961) "On Summer" (essay) (1960) The Drinking Gourd (1960) What Use Are Flowers? (written c. 1962) The Arrival of Mr. Todog – a parody of Waiting for Godot; The Movement: Documentary of a Struggle for Equality (1964) [50] The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1965)
The award-winning author of 'Chemistry' and 'Rental House' on Sigrid Nunez, 'A Raisin in the Sun,' and the book that broke her heart. ... and waits 10 seconds before sending a text; ...
Lorraine Hansberry's classic is getting its first Off-Broadway revival, and T&C has the first photos.
Joan MarcusNineteen-fifty-nine, the year that Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun was first performed on Broadway, may seem an extremely long time ago. But in one of the best productions so ...
The play was adapted from Lorraine's letters, interviews, and journal entries. It begins at the start of Lorraine's life, highlighting her early childhood in a Chicago ghetto to her college years and then later life, including the creation and inspiration for A Raisin in the Sun. Her journey from Chicago to New York was complicated by obstacles ...
Raisin is a musical with music by Judd Woldin, lyrics by Robert Brittan, and a book by Robert Nemiroff and Charlotte Zaltzberg. It is an adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry play A Raisin in the Sun; the musical's book was co-written by Hansberry's husband, Robert Nemiroff. The story concerns an African-American family in Chicago in 1951.