Editing Born Yesterday (play) (section)

=== Revival by the Negro Drama Group in 1953–54 ===
A production mounted by the Negro Drama Group at Broadway's President Theatre, starring [[Edna Mae Robinson]] as Billie Dawn, [[Powell Lindsay]] as Harry Brock and Henry Scott as Paul Verrall, was given a full review in ''[[The New York Times]]'' on January 1, 1954, with the theatre critic (signature L. C.) mentioning that "...Mrs. Robinson is in private life the wife of [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], the former welterweight and middleweight champion of the world" and that she "...is possessed of a natural flair for comedy. With some judicious direction she could go a long way toward achieving spectacular success in the theatre."<ref>{{cite news |title=AT THE THEATRE / Garson Kanin's 'Born Yesterday' Is Revived Here by Negro Troop Led by Edna Mae Robinson|work=[[The New York Times]]|author=L. C.|date=January 1, 1954|access-date=February 17, 2019| url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1954/01/01/83743627.html?pageNumber=16}}</ref> Although the production received positive reviews, it closed after five days.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=January 14, 1954|title='Born Yesterday' Folds|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4b8DAAAAMBAJ&q=edna+mae+robinson+jet+1954&pg=PA31|journal=Jet|pages=31}}</ref>