Mae West wise-cracking vaudeville performer was one of the most controversial figures of her era. Rarely however do people think of Mae West as a writer. In Three Plays By Mae West Lillian Schlissel brings this underexplored part of West s career to the fore by offering for the first time in book form three of the plays West wrote in the 1920s--Sex (1926) The Drag (1927) and Pleasure Man (1928). With an insightful introduction by Schlissel this book offers a unique look into to the life and early career of this legendary stage and screen actress