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A Raisin in the Sun (play)
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https://gptkb.org/entity/A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_(play)
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:play
gptkbp:adaptation
gptkb:A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_(1961_film)
gptkb:A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_(2008_film)
gptkb:A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_(1973_TV_film)
gptkbp:author
gptkb:Lorraine_Hansberry
gptkbp:award
gptkb:New_York_Drama_Critics'_Circle_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticalReception
acclaimed
gptkbp:genre
drama
gptkbp:historicalName
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
A Raisin in the Sun (play)
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:Clybourne_Park_(play)
gptkbp:ISBN
978-0-679-75533-3
gptkbp:language
English
gptkbp:mediaType
gptkb:print
performing arts
gptkbp:notableCharacter
gptkb:Beneatha_Younger
gptkb:Ruth_Younger
gptkb:Walter_Lee_Younger
gptkb:Lena_Younger_(Mama)
gptkb:Travis_Younger
gptkbp:notableDirector
gptkb:Lloyd_Richards
gptkbp:notableProduction
gptkb:Arena_Stage,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkb:National_Theatre,_London,_2016
gptkbp:originalCastMember
gptkb:Ruby_Dee
gptkb:Sidney_Poitier
gptkb:Louis_Gossett_Jr.
gptkb:Claudia_McNeil
gptkb:Diana_Sands
gptkbp:originalTitle
gptkb:Langston_Hughes_poem_"Harlem"
gptkbp:premiereDate
March 11, 1959
gptkbp:premiereLocation
Ethel Barrymore Theatre, New York City
gptkbp:publisher
gptkb:Random_House
gptkbp:revival
gptkb:2014_Broadway_revival
2004 Broadway revival
gptkbp:setting
gptkb:South_Side,_Chicago
gptkbp:significance
first play by an African-American woman produced on Broadway
gptkbp:subject
racial discrimination
African-American family
housing segregation
gptkbp:theme
gptkb:family
gptkb:identity
gptkb:racism
integration
poverty
dreams
generational conflict
aspiration
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:A_Raisin_in_the_Sun_(TV_film)
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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