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A Raisin in the Sun

Start: Mama--you don’t know all the thi...

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Gender
Male
Playing Age
Adult
Style
Dramatic
Act/Scene
Act 2, Scene 2
Time & Place
Chicago’s Southside, 1950s, The Younger’s Apartment
Length
Medium
Time Period
Contemporary
Show Type
Play
Age Guidance
Thirteen Plus (PG-13)

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Start:

Mama--you don’t know all the things a man what got leisure can find to do in this city...What’s this--Friday night? Well--Wednesday I borrowed Willy Harris’ car and I went for a drive...just me and myself and I drove and drove...

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End:

He blows. He talks to me. He ain’t but ‘bout five feet tall and he’s got a conked hear and his eyes is always closed and he’s all music--

Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun, Samuel French, 1984, pp. 91-92.

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