The central character of “Becomes a Woman,” is named Francie Nolan — the same name as the protagonist of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn.' It's not exactly a coincidence. Betty Smith wrote both, and the play is making its world-premiere after 93 years.
in Manhattan, is named Francie Nolan – the same name as the protagonist of “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” the classic New York City novel by Betty Smith. That’s not a coincidence, exactly; Smith also wrote “Becomes a Woman,” which is only now receiving its world-premiere staging after 93 years.
Smith’s play and novel both take place in Brooklyn, among the working poor, in the early part of the 20th century. But where “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn” is a coming-of-age story about a young girl up to the age of 17, “Becomes a Woman” looks at an eventful year in the life of a 19-year-old. The shopgirl finds her confidence growing after she's called upon to demonstrate songs to sell sheet music. “It's a different Francie,” Price said, “a Francie that we get to meet later on, when she grows into herself.”
“Becomes a Woman” is unsentimental in its portrayal of an immigrant family of modest means in working-class Brooklyn.Like “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn,” which would come 13 years later, “Becomes a Woman” is unsentimental in its portrayal of its period and characters. “Every time you think you're about to arrive at a stereotype or every time the play feels like it might slip into cliché, something happens that rips you out of it,” Berke said. In her view, the play was ahead of its time.
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