Greasepaint Puritan: Boston to 42nd Street in the Queer Backstage Novels of Bradford Ropes - by Maya Cantu

Details the life and work of Bradford Ropes, author of the bawdy 1932 novel "42nd Street," on which the classic film and its stage adaptation are based. Follows Ropes s successful career as both a performer and the author of the backstage novels "42nd Street," "Stage Mother," and "Go Into Your Dance." Ropes rebelled against the "Proper Bostonian" life, in a career that touched upon the Jazz Age, American vaudeville, and theater censorship. 330 pages.

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Publisher: Univ of Michigan Press

Released: 2024