num_pages: 157
description:  When it was first produced in 1959, A Raisin in the Sun was awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for that season and hailed as a watershed in American drama. A pioneering work by an African-American playwright, the play was a radically new representation of black life. 
language: English
title: A Raisin in the Sun: With Connections
titlecomplete: A Raisin in the Sun: With Connections
characters: Walter Younger, Ruth Younger, Beneatha Younger, Lena Younger, Travis Younger
genres: Fiction, Plays, African American, Theatre, Classics, Drama, Read For School, Historical Fiction, High School, School
ratings_count: 92124
places: Chicago, Illinois, Illinois
awards: awardedAt: -347126400000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best American Play, awardedAt: 1325404800000
name: Audie Award
category: Multi-Voiced Performance
publisher: HOLT, RINEHART AND WINSTON