Sex: the play that put Mae West in prison returns to New York
A theatre group has teased out the proudly feminist subtext in West's play, which was banned for obscenity but launched the actor into superstardomThis month, Sex returns to the city: an infamous play written by and starring the budding starlet Mae West in the 1920s. After a 10-month run on Broadway in 1927, the play was deemed by a grand jury to be such "obscene, indecent, immoral, and impure drama" that it might co…
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