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A Raisin in the Sun archiveWalter 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.

Cast/Performers

Lennie James, Novella Nelson, Nicole Charles, Jim Dunk, Noma Dumezweni, Javone Prince, Mark Theodor

Creatives/Company

Author: Lorraine Hansberry
Producer: Young Vic Theatre Company
Director: David Lan
Design: Francis O'Connor
Lighting: Tim Mitchell
Sound: Crispian Covell

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun (Play) production archive for QTIX code T01014626023. Details of all A Raisin in the Sun archived productions can be found under the QTIX code: S0495541245

Archive Listings

4 May 05
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7 May 05
Hackney Empire
Outer London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive
26 Apr 05
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30 Apr 05
Liverpool Playhouse
Liverpool, Merseyside
Performance Details => Venue archive
19 Apr 05
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23 Apr 05
Theatre Royal Plymouth
Plymouth, Devon
Performance Details => Venue archive
12 Apr 05
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16 Apr 05
Belgrade Theatre
Coventry, West Midlands
Performance Details => Venue archive
6 Apr 05
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9 Apr 05
The Lowry
Salford, Greater Manchester
Performance Details => Venue archive
18 Feb 05
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26 Mar 05
Lyric Hammersmith Theatre
Outer London, Greater London
Performance Details => Venue archive

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