Shocking and controversial in its time, a play by MAE WEST continues to be revived for open-minded audiences. This recent production was on the boards in Cape Cod. This is Part 6 of 9 segments.
• • Theatre Review: Doing the Time Warp in Mae West’s Play “The Drag” • •
• • Howard Karren wrote: The Jazz Age was the 20th century’s first major era of sexual revolution, and West, in The Drag, details contrasting approaches to homosexuality at the time, particularly in discussions between a doctor and judge.
• • Howard Karren wrote: The judge, played by Nicholas Dorr, is the father of the play’s central character, Rolly Kingsbury (Thom Markee), who is newly married to Clair (Racine Oxtoby), whose father is the doctor (Bill Salem).
• • Howard Karren wrote: The judge advocates merciless punishment for depraved “inverts,” and the doctor, in contrast, proposes compassion and treatment.
• • “The Drag” by Mae West ― continued • • …
• • Source: The Provincetown Independent; published on Wednesday, 25 May 2022.
• • On Tuesday, 11 July 2006 • •
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for eighteen years now?
• • We’re here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Buxom country singing star Dolly Parton is to star in a made for television film about man-hungry actress Mae West. "They came to me and said I'd be perfect for the role,'' she told TV Guide.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "To err is human — — but it feels divine."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • An article in The Spectrum mentioned Mae West.
• • "Memory lane filled with lost favorites, the Great One" • •
• • Duke Hunt writes about Saratoga, NY: During the 1920s and throughout the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, Hollywood starlets and celebrities came in droves for the magic of the minerals. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and many others played gigs at the old Saratoga Hotel by night and attended the races by day.
• • Duke Hunt continues that Mae West was said to travel there every summer for mineral baths said to keep her skin young and smooth. ...
• • Source: The Spectrum; posted on Monday, 11 July 2011
• • 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 18th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past eighteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 5,000 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started eighteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 5,034th 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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