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A Raisin In The Sun

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A black family's struggle for equality in 1950s Chicago.

In south side Chicago, Walter Lee, a black chauffer, dreams of a better life, and hoes to use his father's life insurance money to open a liquor store.

His mother, who rejects the liquor business, uses the money to secure a proper house for the family.

Mr Lindner, a representative of the all-white neighbourhood, tries to buy them out.This volume is published as a programme-text to tie in with the Young Vic's revival of the play in May 2001.

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Methuen Drama
0413762408 / 9780413762405
Paperback / softback
812.54
10/05/2001
United Kingdom
English
114p. : ill.
20 cm
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Reprint. Originally published: New York: Random House, 1959; London: Methuen, 1960.