Walter Lee Younger has a dream - a dream that will get him and his family out of their tiny apartment in Southside Chicago. Money is coming, and with it will come freedom, dignity and ease. As the dream collapses a new man is born. And a new dream...Originally produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was the first successful Broadway play by a Black writer. Hansberry was the youngest person and the first African-American to win the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play. When she was eight years old, a brick was thrown through the window of Lorraine Hansberry's home with such force that it embedded itself in a wall. The Hansberrys, a successful African-American family, had moved into an all-white area. This event and the legal fight that followed inspired her lifelong struggle for racial equality - and her most well known, groundbreaking and influential work A Raisin In the Sun.T0975542481Producer Sheffield Theatres. Producer Eclipse Theatre Company. Producer Belgrade Theatre Coventry. Director Dawn Walton. Design Amanda Stoodley. Lighting Aideen Malone. Sound Adrienne Quartly. Director Briony Barnett (CDG - casting director). Performer Ashley Zhangazha (Walter Lee Younger). Performer Angela Wynter (Mama)). Performer Susan Wokoma (Beneatha Younger). Performer Alisha Bailey (Ruth Younger). Performer Everal A Walsh (Bobo). Performer Mike Burnside (Mike Burnside (Karl Lindner). Performer Aron Julius (Joseph asagai / George Murchison). Performer Adryan Dorset (Travis Younger). Performer Solomon Gordon (Travis Younger). Performer Kiano Samuels (Travis Younger). | |
| 22 Mar 16 to 26 Mar 16 | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry :: V153 listing details L0878606699 |
| 16 Mar 16 to 19 Mar 16 | The Albany, Outer London :: V294 listing details L1472016740 |
| 8 Mar 16 to 12 Mar 16 | Watford Palace Theatre, Watford :: V55 listing details L1020673999 |
| 2 Mar 16 to 5 Mar 16 | Everyman & Playhouse, Liverpool :: V535 listing details L0883846047 |
| 2 Mar 16 to 12 Mar 16 | Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool :: V536 listing details L0145306375 |
| 23 Feb 16 to 27 Feb 16 | NST Campus, Southampton :: V776 listing details L843338712 |
| 17 Feb 16 to 20 Feb 16 | New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich :: V81 listing details L01711159149 |
| 28 Jan 16 to 13 Feb 16 | Sheffield Theatres, Sheffield :: V962 listing details L440893094 |
T01065459233Corporate Sponsor Continental Airlines. Producer Royal Exchange Theatre. Director Michael Buffong. Design Ellen Cairns. Lighting Johanna Town. Sound Steve Brown. Performer Starletta DuPois. Performer Ray Fearon (Walter Lee Younger). Performer Jenny Jules (Ruth Younger). Performer Tracey Ifeachor. Performer Damola Adelaja. Performer Simon Coombs. Performer Tom Hodgkins. Performer Ray Emmet Brown. Performer Lyndon Rhoden. Performer Damani Holness. Performer Vivien Nkundibiza. Performer Claudien Nkundibiza. | |
| 27 Jan 10 to 20 Feb 10 | Royal Exchange, Manchester :: V491 listing details L985612822 |
T01014626023Producer Young Vic Theatre Company. Director David Lan. Design Francis O'Connor. Lighting Tim Mitchell. Sound Crispian Covell. Performer Lennie James. Performer Novella Nelson. Performer Nicole Charles. Performer Jim Dunk. Performer Noma Dumezweni. Performer Javone Prince. Performer Mark Theodor. | |
| 4 May 05 to 7 May 05 | Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309 listing details L2079279561 |
| 26 Apr 05 to 30 Apr 05 | Liverpool Playhouse, Liverpool :: V536 listing details L1033006307 |
| 19 Apr 05 to 23 Apr 05 | Theatre Royal Plymouth, Plymouth :: V895 listing details L01688647443 |
| 12 Apr 05 to 16 Apr 05 | Belgrade Theatre, Coventry :: V153 listing details L445460583 |
| 6 Apr 05 to 9 Apr 05 | The Lowry, Salford :: V0655996499 listing details L0262327176 |
| 18 Feb 05 to 26 Mar 05 | Lyric Hammersmith Theatre, Outer London :: V315 listing details L01633993252 |
T01812001209Supported by the Foundation for Sport and Arts and The Mackintosh Foundation.Producer Young Vic. Producer Salisbury Playhouse. Director David Lan. Design Francis O'Connor. Lighting Tim Mitchell. Performer Novella Nelson. Performer Cecilia Noble. Performer Daniel Anthony. Performer William Chubb. Performer Adrian Fergus Fuller. Performer Lennie James. Performer Ekananu Kirimi. Performer Faz Singhateh. Performer Dwayne Thomas. Performer Ofo Uhiara. | |
| 1 Jun 01 to 30 Jun 01 | The Young Vic, West End :: V245 listing details L0875656930 |
| 11 May 01 to 26 May 01 | Playhouse, Salisbury :: V923 listing details L0450985182 |
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| 28 Apr 99 | Dorfman Theatre (National Theatre), West End :: V375 listing details L1651656381 |
