Mae West: Sentimental Molls

MAE WEST wrote “The Drag” and was proud to put “seventeen fairies on stage.” Banned in her era, the play has been making the rounds anew. This is Part 1 of 4 parts.
• • “The Drag” by Mae West in D.C. on Friday, 7 June 2019 • •
• • Sarah Hookey wrote: Celebrating Pride Month, Shakespeare Theatre Company will close out its 2018-2019 ReDiscovery Series on Monday, June 17, 2019 at 7:30 p.m. at Lansburgh Theatre with a free staged reading of Mae West's closet melodrama "The Drag" (1927).
• • Sarah Hookey wrote: When handsome brutes, sentimental molls, a neglected wife, a determined rival, and a rejected lover converge at the home of one conflicted Rolly Kingsbury, there is sure to be trouble.

• • Sarah Hookey wrote: “The Drag” is a sensational artifact of 1920s excesses, complete with a raucous drag ball featuring West herself [sic] as a guest. (Editor: Mae West was not in the cast!)
• • Clinical theories of sex • • . . .  
• • “The Drag” by Mae West in D.C.  will be continued on the next post.
• • Source: Broadway World; published on Tuesday, 21 May 2019  
• • On Wednesday, 26 June 1935 • •
• • The 8-minute cartoon "Who Killed Cock Robin?" was released on Wednesday, 26 June 1935 in the USA. Loverboy Robin is crooning to a Mae West-like Jenny Wren when he is shot with an arrow.
• • Actress Martha Wentworth [2 June 1889 — 8 March 1974] was the voice of Jenny Wren.  Wentworth also did Mae's voice in "The Mae West Jewel Robbery," which made its radio debut on 21 February 1934.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West not only performed in Las Vegas, but also cleverly bought up a half-mile of desolate Strip frontage between the Dunes and the Tropicana.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "Reduced — — whatcha mean, reduced?  I’m weighing 120 pounds and even your slim movie stars don’t strip down that small."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Jewish Journal mentioned Mae West.
• • Avishay Artsy wrote: The UCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies is celebrating its formal renaming and dedication with an exhibition devoted to the Jewish community of Boyle Heights from the 1920s to the 1950s. …
• • Avishay Artsy wrote: Among the artifacts that will be on display at UCLA are a Yiddish typewriter used to write articles for a communist Yiddish newspaper called Morgen Freiheit (Morning Freedom), the shtender (pulpit) from the Breed Street Shul, and a letter from actress Mae West, who gave money in the 1940s to the Los Angeles Jewish Home, whose first permanent structure was in Boyle Heights. …
• • Source: Jewish Journal;  published on Wednesday, 2 November 2016
• • 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 4243rd 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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