A Raisin in the Sun

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American play drama stage play

A Raisin in the Sun is a landmark 1959 play by Lorraine Hansberry that portrays the struggles of a Black family in Chicago as they confront racism, housing discrimination, and conflicting dreams for a better life.

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instanceOf American play →
drama →
stage play →
author Lorraine Hansberry →
centralPlotElement life insurance check →
purchase of a house in a white neighborhood →
cityOfFirstPerformance New York City →
countryOfOrigin United States →
follows Hansberry v. Lee →
genre realist drama →
social problem play →
hasAdaptation A Raisin in the Sun (1961 film) →
A Raisin in the Sun (2008 film) →
A Raisin in the Sun (television film, 1989) →
hasPart character Beneatha Younger →
character George Murchison →
character Joseph Asagai →
character Karl Lindner →
character Lena Younger →
character Ruth Younger →
character Travis Younger →
character Walter Lee Younger →
hasTheme assimilation versus cultural identity →
conflicting dreams within a family →
dignity and pride →
inspiredBy Hansberry family’s housing discrimination case →
literaryMovement African-American literature →
civil rights era drama →
locationOfSetting Chicago →
South Side of Chicago →
mainSubject African American family life →
class struggle →
gender roles →
generational conflict →
housing discrimination →
racial segregation →
racism →
the American Dream →
notableFor being the first play by an African American woman produced on Broadway →
originalLanguage English →
placeOfFirstPerformance Broadway →
Ethel Barrymore Theatre →
publicationDate 1959 →
timePeriodOfSetting 1950s →
post–World War II era →
titleComesFrom poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes →
writer Lorraine Hansberry →
yearOfFirstPerformance 1959 →
Referenced by (6)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Louis Gossett Jr. →
Phylicia Rashad →
Robert Hooks →
notableWork
A Raisin in the Sun (2014 Broadway revival) →
basedOn
A Raisin in the Sun (2014 Broadway revival) ("A Raisin in the Sun (play)") →
revivalOf
Sanaa Lathan →
theaterWork
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