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A Raisin in the Sun

July 2023

  • A class act … Cherrelle Skeete as Beneatha and Zackary Momoh as Joseph in Beneatha’s Place.

    Beneatha’s Place review – the future of Black America and the shadows of colonialism

  • Magnificent … Cherrelle Skeete in Beneatha’s Place at the Young Vic.

    ‘I want to take the audience further than they’d like’: Kwame Kwei-Armah on Beneatha’s Place

February 2016

  • Angela Wynter and Alisha Bailey in A Raisin in the Sun.

    A Raisin in the Sun review – still challenging its characters and audience

  • A Raisin in the Sun at Lyttelton, National Theatre London, February 2016
Alisha Bailey (Ruth Younger) and Ashley Zhangazha (Walter Lee Younger)

PR image from l.hawkins@sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

    A Raisin in the Sun review – family drama still sings out loud, angry and true

April 2014

  • Sophie Okonedo in A Raisin in the Sun

    Sophie Okonedo on Broadway: 'We try out different things every night'

  • Sophie Okonedo and Denzel Washington in A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun review – Denzel Washington shines in a bracing revival

February 2010

  • starletta dupois fearon

    A Raisin in the Sun, Ill Met by Moonlight and A Midsummer Night's Dream

  • Starletta DuPois and Ray Fearon in A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

February 2005

  • A Raisin in the Sun

    Lyric Hammersmith, London

August 2004

  • In brief: Raisin in the Sun director dies

    Plus: Mike Leigh heads up Sarajevo jury, and Scary Movie team to put their spin on The Munsters

June 2001

  • A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun
    Young Vic, London
    Rating: ****

April 2001

  • Sweet Lorraine

    Martin Luther King called her an inspiration. Nina Simone wrote a song for her. So why has Britain taken so long to discover the playwright Lorraine Hansberry, asks Alfred Hickling.