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Full title A Raisin in the Sun. Author Lorraine Hansberry. Type of work Play. Genre Realist drama. Language English. Time and place written 1950s, New York. Date of first performance 1959. Date of first publication 1959. Publisher Random House. Tone Realistic. Setting (time) Between 1945 and 1959 Setting (place) The South Side of Chicago Protagonist Walter Lee Younger
The 7 Most Messed-Up Short Stories We All Had to Read in School. A list of all the characters in A Raisin in the Sun. A Raisin in the Sun characters include: Walter Younger, Mama, Beneatha Younger, Joseph Asagai, Ruth Younger, George Murchison, Mr. Karl Lindner.
The title of the play references a conjecture that Langston Hughes famously posed in a poem he wrote about dreams that were forgotten or put off. He wonders whether those dreams shrivel up “like a raisin in the sun.”. Every member of the Younger family has a separate, individual dream—Beneatha wants to become a doctor, for example, and ...
24 de sept. de 2018 · When the Hansberrys moved to the white neighborhood of South Park, they had to hire a bodyguard for protection. In To Be Young, Gifted and Black , Hansberry recalls “being spat at, cursed, and pummeled in the daily trek to and from school.”. On one occasion, a white mob gathered at their home and threw a block of concrete through the front ...
A Raisin in the Sun. 243 W. 47th St., New York, NY. 1950s Chicago. The five members of the Younger family are each looking for ways to improve their lot through education, business, real estate ...
Reprinted by permission. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930–1965. A raisin in the sun / by Lorraine Hansberry; with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.—1st Vintage Books ed. p. cm. eISBN: 978-0-307-80744-1 1. Afro-Americans—History—20th century—Drama. I. Title.
A Raisin in the Spotlight A Raisin in the Sun inspired several adaptations, including a Tony Award-winning musical. Partly written by the Lorraine Hansberry’s ex-husband Robert Nemiroff, after her death, Raisin added song and dance to the Youngers’ story, winning the 1973 Tony Award for Best Musical. More loosely based on the original story, the play Clybourne Park tells the story of the ...
