Brutal! Vulgar! Dirty! Mae West and the gay comedy that shocked 1920s America
Mae West ended up in court for writing The Drag " a play about a closeted gay socialite that ended up banned. Polly Stenham, who's directing a revival, celebrates the star who took a limo to jailWhen Mae West's play The Drag was first performed, in Connecticut in 1927, its author was starring as a prostitute in the scandalous Broadway hit Sex. That show was soon deemed indecent, earning her a 10-day jail sentence. Sh…