In an earlier version of the script, Hansberry ended the play by showing the Youngers sitting in their new home, armed and awaiting an attack from their white neighbors. Should this scene have been kept in? What’s the effect of deleting it? Would the pres

In my opinion, producers might have thought the play would not have been as appealing to a wide audience had the scene been left in. Audience members might have been offended, ticket sales might have faltered. Thus, Hansberry likely took the scene out at the advice of producers financing his play.