1. A RAISIN IN THE SUN by Lorraine Hansberry

2. ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT: (1930-1965) Southside, Chicago
middle-class family
U. of Wisconsin (2 years)
Harlem, NYC
weds Robert Nemiroff
To Be Young, Gifted and Black

3. ABOUT THE PLAY: SETTING: SOUTHSIDE CHICAGO, 1950’s
CHARACTERS: THE YOUNGER FAMILY~
MAMA, WALTER, RUTH, TRAVIS, & BENEATHA;
JOSEPH ASAGAI, GEORGE MURCHISON,
BOBO, & KARL LINDNER
PLOT: $10,000 INSURANCE CHECK
RACISM IN AMERICA IN THE 1950’s
THEMES: FAMILY LOVE VS. MONEY
THE AMERICAN DREAM
“What happens to a dream deferred?”

4. OTHER PRODUCTIONS ~

5. ~The Original Broadway Cast~ SIDNEY POITIER … CLAUDIA MCNEIL
RUBY DEE … DIANA SANDS