In this review, originally published in the March 21, 1959, issue of the magazine, Tynan offers his assessment of A Raisin in the Sun's debut performance, praising the play's dramatic virtues.
A dramatist and screenwriter, Tynan served as drama critic for the New Yorker/rom 1958 to 1960.
The supreme virtue of A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansbeny's new play at the Ethel Barrymore, is its proud, joyous proximity to its source, which is life as the dramatist has lived it. I will not pretend to be impervious to the facts; this is the first Broadway production of a work by a colored authoress, and it is also the first Broadway production to have been staged by a colored director. (His name is Lloyd Richards, and he has done a sensible, sensitive, and impeccable job.) I.....
This is a free excerpt of 135 words. This section contains 809 words. This
study guide contains 19,050 words (approx. 64 pages at 300
words per page).
Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our A Raisin in the Sun Access Pass.
