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  2. A Raisin in the Sun is a play by Lorraine Hansberry that debuted on Broadway in 1959. [1] The title comes from the poem "Harlem" (also known as "A Dream Deferred" [2]) by Langston Hughes.

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  3. Lena, descended from “five generations of slaves and sharecroppers”, lives in a cramped, rat-trap apartment with Walter and her daughter Beneatha, Walter’s wife Ruth and their 10-year-old ...

  4. Sep 19, 2024 · A Raisin in the Sun was written by Lorraine Hansberry and was the first play written and performed on Broadway by an African American female writer. Since then, A Raisin in the Sun has won many awards, including beating the esteemed writer Tennessee Williams to the 1959 Drama Critics Circle Award.

  5. 4 days ago · A powerful revival: A Raisin in the Sun explores the enduring struggles for dreams and dignity under systemic racism. Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun might be one of the most important plays of the 20th century. As the first Broadway show written by a Black woman in 1959, the play carries significant historical weight that remains ...

  6. 4 days ago · Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by a Black woman to appear on Broadway. Since its first performance in 1959, it remains as hard-hitting as ever. Exploring a domestic ...

  7. Oct 7, 2024 · A Raisin in the Sun is a drama in three acts by Lorraine Hansberry, first published and produced in 1959. The play’s title is taken from ‘Harlem,’ a poem by Langston Hughes. The play is a penetrating psychological study of a working-class Black family on the South Side of Chicago in the 1940s.

  8. A Raisin in the Sun, written by Lorraine Hansberry and first performed in 1959, is a groundbreaking play that explores the struggles of a Black American family living in Chicago’s South Side during the 1950s.

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