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A Raisin in the Sun: The Unfilmed Original Screenplay
The 1961 film version of A Raisin in the Sun, with a screenplay by the author, won an award at the Cannes Film Festival, even though one-third of the actual screenplay had been cut out. This completely restored screenplay is the accurate and authoritative edition of Hansberry's script, and a testiment to her accomplishment as a black woman artist.
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
October 1st 1992
by Plume Books
(first published 1992)
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Great story. I think I like the play version better than the screenplay. I'll have to add in a more detailed review later . . . I'm going to bed.
I still really don't have much to say during broad daylight. Walter and Mama are very complex and fascinating. Although, I don't think Ruth gets enough credit as a character. She just seems so classy and abused all at the same time.
I love teaching this; plays are a great way to end the year. And nothing beats having some ...more
I still really don't have much to say during broad daylight. Walter and Mama are very complex and fascinating. Although, I don't think Ruth gets enough credit as a character. She just seems so classy and abused all at the same time.
I love teaching this; plays are a great way to end the year. And nothing beats having some ...more
This book was a play about a family under bad conditions. The Youngers, an African-American family, lived in the south of Chicago. In general, the family dealt with financial issues and were in a situation where they thought nothing would be worse. Each member of the Young family was placed in a problem where it would effect someone else. They were also tricked and their money was taken away. Through it all, in the end, the family managed to prevail and had looked forwand to a brighter tomorrow....more
So far, this is o.k. I have to read it for work--I'm teaching summer school, and this book is in the curriculum.
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New insight into the world of the Youngers. If only it was filmed this way.
A play edition of A Raisin in The Sun! With reviews by Spike Lee...
This book is about a poor, black family living in Chicago after World War II. Lena recieves a check from her husband's insurance after his death. This causes big problems within the family. Walter Lee sees this check as a big opportunity for a business he wants to start. I don't like this book at all. It is a play and is placed in the past. At many points in the book it tended to be very boring. There were a lot of unneccessary details in the book. I do not recommend this book to any one. It you...more
Not just a civil rights play. A humanity play.
this is a down home southern play
The best $4 paperback i´ve ever found. i had heard a lot about this play/movie but had never seen either of the two movies or seen the play. now i have to see the movies and i will be writing a lenghty letter to spike lee (he wrote a foreword here) telling him to direct the original screenplay. anyone have his address?
definately a must-read for folk of all colors and creeds. the introductions depicting how and why the original version wasnt made are as enlightening as the play.
definately a must-read for folk of all colors and creeds. the introductions depicting how and why the original version wasnt made are as enlightening as the play.
I thought this book would be horrible because most books were at least the ones they made us read in school. But once I read it (mind you it was the only book I did not sparknote in my 10th grade english class) it made think of how the american dream effects people and how lorraine hansberry shaped Bennie to be ahead of her time. I thought it was a great play and the portrayal of the play by ABC was okay but it left some things out that were important.
This story about the Youngers trying to make a better life for themselves is absolutely captivating. I know I've read it before, but it is so heartwarming I had to go back for a second look. I would highly recommend it.
I loved this play. It captures the African-American struggle to achieve around the civil rights era. There were some funny scenes, which kept me into the play. Hansberry is a talented playwright.
Somehow I never had to read this in school. I didn't get to see it on Broadway so I figured I'd read it. I just found out today that it will be on television on Feb. 25.
I love this play so incredibly much. I love the play, I love the written work and I love the film portrayal with Poitier. Beautiful.
I liked the play, but I could not give it five stars because I hated Walter Lee...But it was well written with beautiful imagery.
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What happens to a dream deferred? Does it shrivel like a raisin in the sun? Be careful, my pretties. We reap what we sow.
"There is always something left to love. And if you ain’t learned that, you ain’t learned nothing."
everyone loves this one! another one that i'm glad that i was made to read in high school!
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I immediately loved this play when I read it in highschool. Its definitely a must read.
I don't know how I made it so long without reading this classic. I'm glad I did!
I think I had to read this play one too many times in both high school and college!
A really good classic. For a piece of literature history read this!
A delight, and huge stride toward change.
Great read!
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