A Raisin in the Sun (play)

URI: 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	6