'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. araisininthesun Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7jq8bw74 Ocr ABBYY FineReader 11.0 (Extended OCR) Ppi 300 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.3. Audio An illustration of a 3.5' floppy disk. Winner of the NY Drama Critic's Award as Best Play of the Year, it has been hailed as a 'pivotal play in the history of the American Black theatre.' by Newsweek and 'a milestone in the American Theatre.' by Ebony. An illustration of two cells of a film strip. Sacrifice, trust and love among the Younger family and their heroic struggle to retain dignity in a harsh and changing world is a searing and timeless document of hope and inspiration. The tensions and prejudice they face form this seminal American drama. Like the American Playhouse production for television, it restores to the play two scenes unknown to the general public, and a number of other key scenes and passages staged for the first time in twenty-fifth anniversary revivals and, most notably, the Roundabout Theatre's Kennedy Center. Walter Lee, a chauffeur, has other plans, however: buying a liquor store and being his own man. INTRODUCTION by Robert Nerniroff This is the most complete edition of A Raisin in the Sun ever published. When her deceased husband's insurance money comes through, Mama dreams of moving to a new home and a better neighborhood in Chicago. Set on Chicago's South Side, the plot revolves around the divergent dreams and conflicts within three generations of the Younger family: son Walter Lee, his wife Ruth, his sister Beneatha, his son Travis and matriarch Lena, called Mama. When the play opens, the Youngers are about to receive an insurance check for 10,000. This groundbreaking play starred Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeill, Ruby Dee and Diana Sands in the Broadway production which opened in 1959. A Raisin in the Sun portrays a few weeks in the life of the Youngers, a Black family living on the South Side of Chicago in the 1950s.

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