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A Raisin in the Sun
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ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION
Setting
Chicago's Southside. Sometime between World War II and the present.
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Philip Rose
and
David J. Cogan
Written by
Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by
Lloyd Richards
Designed and Lighted by
Ralph Alswang
; Costume Design by
Virginia Volland
Company Manager:
William Wilson
and
Sam Handelsman
Stage Manager:
James E. Wall
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Walter Mason
General Press Representative:
A.J. Clarke
; Photographer:
J. Edward Bailey
Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger
Mother
Diana Sands
Beneatha Younger
Elwood Smith
Walter Lee Younger
Brother
Howland Chamberlain
Karl Lindner
Tyrone Cooper
Travis Younger
Lonne Elder III
Bobo
Frances Foster
Ruth Younger
Ed Hall
Joseph Asagai
Bobby Dean Hooks
George Murchison
Robert Jackson
Moving Man
Douglas Turner
Moving Man
Understudies:
Jeannette DuBois
(Beneatha Younger, Ruth Younger),
Raj Gupta
(Travis Younger),
Robert Jackson
(George Murchison, Joseph Asagai),
Willis Townsend
(Karl Lindner),
Douglas Turner
(Walter Lee Younger, Bobo) and
Frances Williams
(Lena Younger)
Cast
Nathan Caldwell, Jr.
Bobo
Walter Mason
Moving Man
Douglas Turner
Walter Lee Younger
Brother
Understudy:
Walter Mason
(Walter Lee Younger, Bobo)
People
Production Staff
Opening Night Cast
Replacements
Produced by
Philip Rose
and
David J. Cogan
Written by
Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by
Lloyd Richards
Designed and Lighted by
Ralph Alswang
; Costume Design by
Virginia Volland
Company Manager:
William Wilson
and
Sam Handelsman
Stage Manager:
James E. Wall
; Assistant Stage Mgr:
Walter Mason
General Press Representative:
A.J. Clarke
; Photographer:
J. Edward Bailey
Claudia McNeil
Lena Younger
Mother
Diana Sands
Beneatha Younger
Elwood Smith
Walter Lee Younger
Brother
Howland Chamberlain
Karl Lindner
Tyrone Cooper
Travis Younger
Lonne Elder III
Bobo
Frances Foster
Ruth Younger
Ed Hall
Joseph Asagai
Bobby Dean Hooks
George Murchison
Robert Jackson
Moving Man
Douglas Turner
Moving Man
Understudies:
Jeannette DuBois
(Beneatha Younger, Ruth Younger),
Raj Gupta
(Travis Younger),
Robert Jackson
(George Murchison, Joseph Asagai),
Willis Townsend
(Karl Lindner),
Douglas Turner
(Walter Lee Younger, Bobo) and
Frances Williams
(Lena Younger)
Cast
Nathan Caldwell, Jr.
Bobo
Walter Mason
Moving Man
Douglas Turner
Walter Lee Younger
Brother
Understudy:
Walter Mason
(Walter Lee Younger, Bobo)
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