"A Raisin in the Sun"

I believe that the stage direction is crucial to this play, because of the simple fact that there is so much. Not only does it tell what the character is doing or where they are going, it also reveals their thoughts to us. For instance, (After a second very long and thoughtful pause; she is seeing back to times that only she can see). This is in the first act when Mama is reminicing on her old life with her husband and telling Ruth about it. The stage direction is very descriptive, which allows us to picture what is happening, which is the point of a play, I guess... However, not all plays include this much description. There is stage direction almost every time a character talks. "A Raisin in the Sun" is pretty straightforward in the way it would like the actors to portray this play. Without the stage direction in this play, we would most likely be very lost throughout its entirety.