PAPERBACK ISBN: 0-88258-230-5       $21.95

144 pages; 5.5 x 8.5 inches

From Genesis to Revelation

by J. E. Franklin

Black Girl: From Genesis to Revelations dramatizes seventeen-year-old Billie Jean’s quest to “be,” despite the jealousy and insensitivity of those around her. More than an adaptation of the play, which ran for 800 performances, this book is a book about the play itself. From it, readers will gain insights into the way in which the work was conceived, the experi­ences of the young writer’s first confronta­tion with the New York theatrical world, and the pains and promises of the play as it became first a television show, then an off-Broadway play, and finally a film produced in Hol­lywood.

“[J. E. Franklin] leaps and sizzles with life.”—Newsweek

“...inspirational…of truly exceptional quality…”—Variety

“A...direct play which produces strong vibrations.”—The New York Times

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