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Mae West

MAE WEST

  (1893 - 1980)

Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    GreenLight, Suite 100, 6060 Center Drive, Los Angeles, California 90045

Mary Jane "Mae" West (August 17, 1893  November 22, 1980) was an American actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned seven decades.

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below is a list of Mae West's plays - click on a Play Title for more information

        Catherine Was Great         Constant Sinner         Diamond Lill         Drag         Pleasure Man, The         Sex



Catherine Was Great

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1st Produced:
Shubert Theatre, New York    1944

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Male:  53            Female:  6            Other:  -

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Constant Sinner

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1st Produced:
Royale Theatre, New York    1931

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  26            Female:  9            Other:  -

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Diamond Lill

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1st Produced:
Royale Theatre, New York    1928

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Genre:
Comedy

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Male:  20            Female:  13            Other:  -

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Drag

Drag
1927 and Mae West writes the sort of play about gay men that gay playwrights weren't to write until the 1970s

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1st Produced:
-    1927

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1st Published:
in Three Plays by Mae West, Nick Hern Books, London,    978-185453368

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, full length

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Male:  13            Female:  4            Other:  extras

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Pleasure Man, The

Pleasure Man, The
Backstage of a Broadway vaudeville theatre. - comedians, dancing girls and drag queens. A lothario's dalliances lead to his death

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1st Produced:
Biltmore theatre    1928

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Plays By Mae West" published by Routledge 1997   978-185453368

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Genre:
Play/Drama. - - Gay, theme/character full length

Parts:
Male:  26            Female:  15            Other:  -

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Sex

Sex
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1st Produced:
Daly's 63rd Street Theatre, New York    1926

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1st Published:
Contained in: "Three Plays By Mae West" published by Routledge 1997   978-185453368

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Genre:
Comedy

Parts:
Male:  12            Female:  5            Other:  -

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