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music and pop culture reporter Mawunyo Gbogbo

Is A Raisin in the Sun just as relevant in 2022 Australia as it was in America in 1959? Some say very much so

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.

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