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Abstract This chapter explores the portrayal of gay people in theatre in the 1940s and the influence of the enactment of the Wales Law. It explains how Lee Shubert reacted strongly against Dorothy and Howard Baker’s Trio playing in his playhouse. Playwright Elmer Rice offered the Belasco Theatre stage to Trio instead, but it had to close since the City Commissioner refused to grant Rice an extension for lease renewal. The chapter then introduces the works of John Van Druten, who has been writing for gay idols, and Tennessee Williams, who raised the stakes with brutally honest tales that are usually premised around Big Characters whose lives turn on sex and violence. It also highlights the prominence and influence of Eva Le Gallienne and Katharine Cornell in Williams’ works.

Author

Ethan Mordden

Publisher

Oxford University PressNew York

Published

2023

Language

EN

ISBN

9780190063139