Pleasure Man

Pleasure Man was a 1928 play by Mae West.[1] New York City police arrested the entire cast of 56 after a performance at the Biltmore Theatre and they were charged with indecency.[2]

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  1. ^ Schlissel, Lillian; West, Mae (1997). Three Plays by Mae West: Sex, The Drag and Pleasure Man. Routledge. p. 16. ISBN 0-415-90933-3. 
  2. ^ "Raid Mae West Play, Seize 56 At Opening. Police Arrest Entire Cast of "Pleasure Man" After Last Act at Biltmore Theatre. Indecency Is Charged. Law Hits Actress-Author a Second Time. Playhouse Is Surrounded After Show. No Theatre Attaches Held. Police Guard Exits. Arrest Order Treated Lightly. Author Freed on Bail. 21 Seized in Raid on "Sex"". New York Times. October 2, 1928. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10F12F73A5E14728FDDAB0894D8415B888EF1D3. Retrieved 2011-05-02. "The entire cast of "Pleasure Man," fifty-five actors, actresses and musicians, was arrested on the stage of the Biltmore Theatre, Forty-seventh Street, between Broadway and Eighth Avenue, last night immediately after the curtain fell on the first performance."