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 (DIR) Post #B5WFSALFrfzRxUz98K by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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       This Week in Literary History: Mae West is Sentenced to Ten Days in Jail for Obscenity“She seemed to go to extremes in order to make the play as obscene and immoral as possible.”https://lithub.com/this-week-in-literary-history-mae-west-is-sentenced-to-ten-days-in-jail-for-obscenity/#theater
       
 (DIR) Post #B5WG2z5Egah9kw35cm by simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
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       @gutenberg_org does the script of this play exist? Is there any academic criticism of it? Was it any good? I mean, if it ran for a year, that wasn't just on shock value alone. There will have been word on the street. People kept on going, so it wasn't dreadful...
       
 (DIR) Post #B5WGwZwvJxC21LfcjQ by joewells@mastodon.social
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       @gutenberg_org "The biggest sensation since the Armistice" is an amazing tag line
       
 (DIR) Post #B5WICuWcgj6EQHihYe by gutenberg_org@mastodon.social
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       @simon_brooke I found a copy of it here:https://www.scribd.com/document/991267756/Sex-2C-Mae-WestIt appears that you can read online, but if you want to download it, you have to get a trial subscription.Wikipedia also has a summary of the Acts:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sex_(play)