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A Raisin In The Sun
Lorraine Hansberry
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
Why we like it
"As urgent now as in 1959. Hansberry's portrait of a Black family's dreams deferred is essential theatre — powerful roles, an unforgettable story, and audiences who need to hear it."
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Drama / 7m 3f 1 boy / Int
This groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier Claudia McNeill Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959.
Set on Chicago's South Side the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee his wife Ruth his sister Beneatha his son Travis and matriarch Lena called Mama.
When her deceased husband's insurance money comes through Mama dreams of moving to a new hom
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 1988
Binding Paperback
Edition Revised
Pages 162
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780573614637
ISBN-10 0573614636
LCCN 90153652
LCC PS3515.A515 R3 1988
DCC 812/.54
Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin In The Sun is a American play written by Lorraine Hansberry and published by Samuel French in New York (1988).
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