''Diamond Lil'' is a 1928 play by
American actress and playwright
Mae West
Mae West (born Mary Jane West; August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American stage and film actress, playwright, screenwriter, singer, and sex symbol whose entertainment career spanned over seven decades. She was known for her breezy ...
. Prior to ''Diamond Lil'', she had written a number of plays that were closed down due to either poor ticket sales or censorship issues with the establishments of the time, despite the fact that many high-ranking officials attended these plays. ''Diamond Lil'', about a racy woman in the 1890s, was her first major Broadway success, and was the basis for her character ''Lady Lou'' in her 1933 film ''
She Done Him Wrong''.
Both West and the play were the final performers at the
Nixon Theater in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsylva ...
before the theater was closed for a skyscraper development on April 29, 1950.
See also
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Diamond Tooth Lil
References
Diamond Lil – Britannica Online Encyclopedia
External links
''Diamond Lil'' at Internet Broadway Database
1928 plays
American plays adapted into films
Plays by Mae West
Plays set in the 19th century
Works set in the 1890s
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