Mar 30, 2023 - Sale 2631

Sale 2631 - Lot 214

Price Realized: $ 2,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(ENTERTAINMENT--THEATER.) Poster for the off-Broadway production of J.E. Franklin's award-winning "Black Girl." Poster, 22 x 14 inches, on coated cardboard; full horizontal fold, other shorter folds, light dampstaining at edges. New York, circa June 1971
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Woodie King launched the New Federal Theatre in 1970 with the mission "to integrate minorities and women into the mainstream of American theatre." Their first project was "Black Girl" by J.E. Franklin, which had previously been performed on public television. The production opened at New York's tiny Henry Street Playhouse to rave reviews in May 1971, and then moved to the larger off-Broadway Theatre de Lys on 17 June, winning a Drama Desk award. We trace no other examples at auction.