Tags: POETRY
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 B