Brooks Atkinson wrote a review of “A Raisin in the Sun”, which she thinks, “[tells] the inner as well as the outer truth about a Negro family in the south-side of Chicago at the present time.” Ms. Atkinson goes on to say that the play is honest. She also says that the occasional crudity of the writing is made up for by the truthfulness of the play. She describes the characters namelessly and flawlessly, anyone who has read the play can tell very easily who she is talking about. Atkinson compares “A Raisin in the Sun” to “The Cherry Orchard”, a Russian play that was intended to be a comedy but directed as a tragedy, as a result it has a very mixed nature. The actors chosen for the play are some of the best there are that can play their respective roles perfectly. The cast perform a “Bold and Stirring Performance.” Ms. Atkinson ends with “That is Miss Hansberry's personal contribution to an explosive situation in which simple honesty is the most difficult thing in the world. And also the most illuminating,” which, in my opinion sums it up perfectly.
Not having any axe to grind, Miss Hansberry has a wide range of topics to write about-some of them hilarious, some of them painful in the extreme.
As the matriarch, Claudia McNeil gives a heroic performance
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