After being cast as Beneatha Younger in the Sydney Theatre Company's production of A Raisin in the Sun, Angela Mahlatjie wondered if an Australian audience would "get" the play, recalling a conversation she had with a US national.
"He was a black American man," Mahlatjie said.
"And he was very much like, I'm very interested to see if they will get it. And I said, I am interested to see if they will get it too, because it is quite subtle, but very poignant.