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A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_(1959)
GPTKB entity
Statements (30)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptedInto
gptkb:A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_(1961_film)
gptkb:A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_(2008_film)
gptkbp:author
gptkb:Lorraine_Hansberry
gptkbp:awarded
gptkb:New_York_Drama_Critics'_Circle_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkbp:genre
drama
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
A Raisin in the Sun (1959)
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
gptkbp:language
English
gptkbp:notableCharacter
gptkb:Beneatha_Younger
gptkb:Ruth_Younger
gptkb:Walter_Lee_Younger
gptkb:Lena_Younger_(Mama)
gptkb:George_Murchison
gptkb:Joseph_Asagai
gptkb:Travis_Younger
Karl Lindner
gptkbp:originalTitle
Langston Hughes poem 'Harlem'
gptkbp:premiereDate
1959-03-11
gptkbp:premiereLocation
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City
gptkbp:publisher
gptkb:Random_House
gptkbp:setting
gptkb:South_Side,_Chicago
gptkbp:significance
first play by an African-American woman produced on Broadway
gptkbp:subject
housing
dreams
racial discrimination
African-American family
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Beneatha_Younger
gptkb:Ruth_Younger
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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