Three Plays by Mae West : Sex, The Drag and Pleasure Man

Name: Three Plays by Mae West
Brand: Taylor & Francis Ltd
SKU: 9780415909334
Price: 7550 KES
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ISBN: 9780415909334

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 0415909333

ISBN-13 9780415909334

Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd

Imprint Routledge

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Aug 13th, 1997

Print length 252 Pages

Weight 363 grams

Product Classification: Plays, playscripts Literary studies: from c 1900 -Literary studies: plays & playwrights

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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.

Mae West, wise-cracking vaudeville performer, was one of the most controversial figures of her era. Rarely, however, do people think of Mae West as a writer. In Three Plays By Mae West, Lillian Schlissel brings this underexplored part of 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 (1926), The Drag (1927) and Pleasure Man (1928). With an insightful introduction by Schlissel, this book offers a unique look into to the life and early career of this legendary stage and screen actress.

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