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Never before, in the entire history of the American theater, has so much of the truth of Black peoples lives been seen on the stage, observed James Baldwin shortly before A Raisin in the Sun opened on Broadway in 1959. This edition presents the fully restored, uncut version of Hansberrys landmark work with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff. Lorraine Hansberrys 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 plays title comes from a line in Langston Hughess poem Harlem, which warns that a dream deferred might dry up/like a raisin in the sun. 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.