This groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeill, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959. Set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wif...
Despite that this is a classic that would have been relevant in almost any American Lit class, of which I've been in several between high school and getting an English degree, it only hit my radar on account of Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home. That book talks about th...
bookshelves: winter-20152016, radio-3, published-1959, us-chicago, north-americas, racism, play-dramatisation Recommended to Bettie☯ by: Laura Read from January 31 to February 04, 2016 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06yp4czDescription: This ground-breaking play, set on Chicago's South Side i...
I have been carrying this book around for about a decade, and I finally read it. I DNFed it when I first got it though I'm not really sure why, I think it was probably because the intro was tough to get through. That being said I found the play wonderful, and a beautiful look into the world of a 19...
Truly excellent play. Touching, sad, and just the right amount of uplifting to be considered inspirational. I was expecting a more conclusive ending, but I was pleased with the story the play told. This is definitely a piece of classic American literature, and should be read by anyone with a love fo...
The dialogue in this play is good, and it has a good message. But I found it a little boring, because the whole thing takes place in the same house, and most of the time it's just about people arguing over money. Of course, I'm only fifteen so I don't really have a lot of experience with money, so I...
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