Three plays by Mae West

Three plays by Mae West

by West, Mae

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This volume brings an underexplored part of Mae West's career to the fore by offering, for the first time in book form, three of the plays West wrote in the 1920s: Sex, set in a Montreal brothel; The Drag, which used the theatricality of the drag "queens" who had become her friends; and Pleasure Man, a revenge fantasy. 8 illustrations.

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Three plays by Mae West / edited by Lillian Schlissel.

Summary

This volume brings an underexplored part of Mae West's career to the fore by offering, for the first time in book form, three of the plays West wrote in the 1920s: Sex, set in a Montreal brothel; The Drag, which used the theatricality of the drag "queens" who had become her friends; and Pleasure Man, a revenge fantasy. 8 illustrations.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:1997.

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Routledge
  • Place of Publication:New York
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:1997.

Notes

Previously unpublished plays.

The Physical Object

  • Description:246 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0041590325, 9780041590326, 0041590333, 9780041590333, 0415909325, 9780415909327, 0415909333, 9780415909334
  • oclc:ocm37132503
  • LC Classification:PS3545.E8332
  • Dewey Decimal:812/.52

Subjects

Comedies Drama Sex customs Sex customs -- Drama Theatre Women Women -- Drama

Writers

West, Mae Schlissel, Lillian

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