A Raisin in the Sun the Sun" was the first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway, as well as the first with a black director, Mr. Richards. Hansberry noted that her play introduced details of black life to the overwhelmingly white Broadway audiences, while director Richards observed that it was the first play to which large numbers of black people were drawn. Frank Rich, writing in "The New York Times" in 1983, stated that "A Raisin in the Sun" "changed American theater forever." In 2016, Claire Brennan wrote in "The Guardian" that "The power and craft of the writing make
Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly Lorraine Kelly, (born 30 November 1959) is a Scottish television presenter, journalist, model and actress. She has presented on TV-am, GMTV, ITV Breakfast, "Daybreak" and on her eponymous "Lorraine". Between 2012 and 2014, Kelly was a main female presenter of ITV's "Daybreak", which she co-hosted from Monday to Thursdays with Aled Jones. Since 2011, Kelly has hosted the annual "STV Children's Appeal". She hosts the telethon and sister shows such as "STV Appeal Stories" and "Lorraine & Friends". Kelly was born in the Gorbals, Glasgow, Scotland. She is of Irish ancestry and Kelly's father, John, worked as a