The Drag
About the Play
Date
1927
1927
About the Playwright
Mae West
Though Mae West (1892-1980) lives on in popular culture as an alternately sultry and comedic sex symbol from twenties and thirties films, her plays challenged the conventional mores regarding homosexuality and female sexuality—even in the ‘libertine’ Jazz Age. Born Mary Jane West in Brooklyn, New York, on August 17, 1892, West dove almost instantly into show business. By age fourteen, she was a well-known vaudevillian under the stage name Baby Mae. At age eighteen, her career blossomed and she …
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One Play at a Time Participating Universities
Maya Cantu
Bennington College
Bennington College
George Contini
University of Georgia
University of Georgia