Mae West: Cadieux Street

A Los Angeles Times cartoon showed MAE WEST yanking G.B. Shaw's beard. Since she avidly followed theatre gossip, it’s possible Mae was familiar with his prostitute play, “Mrs. Warren's Profession,” featuring a streetwalker who is now a wealthy madam. If only they could chat during Shaw Fest, which will present “Sex” this summer.  This is Part 8 of 10 segments.
• • Shaw Festival revives Mae West’s racy Broadway hit “Sex” • •
• • a street in the red-light district called Cadieux • •
• • J. Kelly Nestruck wrote: While it’s unclear what West’s first-hand knowledge of Montreal was, LaMont lives with a blackmailer and murderer named Rocky on “Caidoux Street” — — which seems to be a reference to a real street in the red-light district called Cadieux.
• • J. Kelly Nestruck wrote:  Curiously, Cadieux Street was renamed, a year after “Sex” premiered, to De Bullion amid one of Montreal’s attempts (and failures) to clean up its image. The timing of the renaming may have been a coincidence. But, as Hinton-Davis says, it’s “part of the legend of the play.”

• • J. Kelly Nestruck wrote: If Sex was such a succès de scandale initially, the only question is: Why has it been neglected by theatre companies even after West’s early plays finally emerged from the archives in the nineties?
• • Not good on the page but elevated by the actors • •  . . .
• • This preview article will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: The Globe and Mail; published on Monday, 6 May 2019.
• • On Saturday, 7 June 1952 • •
• • In Hollywood, on 7 June 1952, Mae West made a check payable to her secretary Larry Lee, who also provided editorial help to the actress. Christie's sold it in 1999.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Dorothy Parker had a heart attack in Manhattan and died on Wednesday, 7 June 1967. She was 73.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I prefer doing things behind closed doors."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A reporter from the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern interviewed Mae West.
• • Oshkosh Daily Northwestern wrote: Mae West on Wednesday's battle between two of the men in her nightclub act — — "This was not the first time two men had fought over me.  No.  But not in public like this. I prefer doing things behind closed doors." ...
• • Source: Article: "Mae West in Dressing Room Brawl" written by the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern; published on Friday, 8 June 1956
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • • 
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — — 
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/

• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 14th anniversary • •  

• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fourteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,200 blog posts. Wow!  

• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fourteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4230th blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.

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