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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Label Occurrences
A Raisin in the Sun canonical 33
A Raisin in the Sun (play) 5
A Raisin in the Sun (1959 play) 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
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 of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 television film) ⓘ
surface form: 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 City of Chicago ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

South Side, Chicago ⓘ
surface form: South Side of Chicago
mainSubject African American family life ⓘ
class struggle ⓘ
gender roles ⓘ
generational conflict ⓘ
housing discrimination ⓘ
racial segregation ⓘ
racism ⓘ
American Dream ⓘ
surface form: 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 Montage of a Dream Deferred ⓘ
surface form: poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes
writer Lorraine Hansberry ⓘ
yearOfFirstPerformance 1959 ⓘ

Referenced by (49)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phylicia Rashad → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Louis Gossett Jr. → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Sanaa Lathan → theaterWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Robert Hooks → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
A Raisin in the Sun (2014 Broadway revival) → basedOn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
A Raisin in the Sun (2014 Broadway revival) → revivalOf → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Raisin in the Sun (play)
Tony Award for Best Play → notableWinner → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Clybourne Park → inspiredBy → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Clybourne Park → relatedWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Audra McDonald → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
A Raisin in the Sun (2008 television film) → basedOn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Raisin in the Sun (play)
Phylicia Ayers-Allen → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
David Susskind → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Sophie Okonedo → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Ralph Carter → basedOn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Glynn Turman → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Raisin in the Sun (stage production)
Stephen McKinley Henderson → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Sidney Poitier → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Ivan Dixon → actedIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Lena Younger → appearsIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Ruth Younger → fictionalUniverse → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Ruth Younger → appearsIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Ruth Younger → firstPerformanceOfWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1959 Broadway production of A Raisin in the Sun
Beneatha Younger → appearsIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Beneatha Younger → firstAppearance → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Raisin in the Sun (1959 play)
Travis Younger → appearsIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Travis Younger → firstAppearance → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Raisin in the Sun (1959 play)
Karl Lindner → appearsIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Karl Lindner → appearsInAct → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act II of A Raisin in the Sun
Karl Lindner → appearsInAct → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
this entity surface form: Act III of A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry → notableWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
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this entity surface form: "A Raisin in the Sun"
character Walter Lee Younger → appearsInWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Walter Lee Younger
character Travis Younger → appearsIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
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character Travis Younger → fictionalUniverse → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
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this entity surface form: A Raisin in the Sun universe
character Travis Younger → firstAppearance → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Travis Younger
this entity surface form: A Raisin in the Sun (1959 play)
character Joseph Asagai → appearsIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Joseph Asagai
character George Murchison → appearsIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: George Murchison
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subject surface form: George Murchison
this entity surface form: A Raisin in the Sun (1959 play)
character Karl Lindner → appearsIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Karl Lindner
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this entity surface form: A Raisin in the Sun (play)
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A Raisin in the Sun (television film, 1989) → basedOn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
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this entity surface form: A Raisin in the Sun (play)
A Raisin in the Sun (television film, 1989) → adaptationOf → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
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A Raisin in the Sun (television film, 1989) → hasTitle → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
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character Lena Younger → appearsIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
subject surface form: Lena Younger
George Murchison → characterIn → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ
Lloyd Richards → directedWork → A Raisin in the Sun ⓘ