Ronils Review of A Raisin in the Sun.
This is probably the first play I've ever seen that I REALLY HEATED.
A Raisin in the Sun
The Madison Repertory Theatre has produced many plays by African American
playwrights recently, such as last year's From the Mississippi Delta, but their
most recent, Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun is certainly one of the
veryWorst.
The play starts in a darkened living room. Ruth Younger wakes her family on a
Friday morning. Her father-in-law has recently died, and the family is awaiting
the arrival of the insurance money. Her husband, Walter, has plans to use it to
buy a liquor store, but wife doesn't believe he belongs in business. Beneatha,
Walter's sister daughter, hopes to use the money for her tuition for medical
school. Walter's mother, Lena (Mama), plans to use the money for a house for the
family. On top of all this, Ruth has discovered that she is pregnant.
In an effort to find a true identity, Beneatha......
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