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| Pub. Date | Edition | Publisher | Phys Desc. | Availability | |
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| 1994 | 1st Vintage Books ed. | Vintage Books | 151 p. ; 18 cm. | On Shelf
La Farge has 2 812.54 Han | |
| 1995 | Modern Library ed. | Modern Library | xxvi, 135 p. ; 20 cm. | On Shelf
Southside 812.54 Han |
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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. "A play that changed American theater forever."
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| c1999] | Columbia Tristar Home Video | 1 videodisc (ca. 128 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. | English |
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Film of the award-winning play about a struggling black family living on Chicago's South Side and the impact of an unexpected insurance bequest. Each family member sees the bequest as the means of realizing dreams and of escape from grinding frustrations.
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| [2018] | Two-DVD special edition. | The Criterion Collection | 2 videodiscs (128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (24 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm) | English | On Shelf
Southside AV DVD Raisin |
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Members of an African American family living in a cramped Chicago apartment, in this deeply resonant tale of dreams deferred. Following the death of their patriarch, the Youngers await a life insurance check they hope will change their circumstances, but tensions arise over how best to use the money.
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