HANSBERRY LORRAINE - A Raisin In The Sun

A revised Student Edition of Lorraine Hansberry's iconic 1959 play - the first play produced on Broadway to be written by a Black woman.

Alongside the play text itself, this edition contains commentary and notes by Isaiah Wooden, which consider the play's:

> socio-historical context (including the Jim Crow laws and racial segregation in the US)

> major themes (including African-American identity, property ownership, and emergent Black feminist politics)

> structure and devices (including mid-20th century reality family dramas, "genuine realism" and Hansberry's use of music, dance and song in the play)

> production history (from the premiere production to the 2014 Broadway revival starring Denzel Washington and LaTanya Richardson Jackson and Dawn Walton's 2016 UK touring production)

> engagement with the play (including contemporary "response" pieces such as Neighbors by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Clybourne Park by Bruce Norris and Beneatha's Place by Kwame Kwei-Armah)

The notes section at the back of the edition contains definitions of terminology used in the play with which students may not be familiar.

ISBN: 9781350470590