Sex (play) Sex (play) Sex is a 1926 play written by and starring Mae West, who used the pen name "Jane Mast". The play opens at Rocky's residence on Caidoux Street in Montreal's red light district. Rocky receives an unwanted visit from Dawson, a police officer he has been paying off to keep quiet about a murder. Rocky offers Margy, a prostitute who works for him, as payment to Dawson, but she refuses. Dawson leaves without trouble, but swears to return for his money. Margy longs to leave Rocky for a better life, but she currently has no realistic alternative. Rocky leaves
No Orchids for Miss Blandish (play) No Orchids for Miss Blandish (play) No Orchids for Miss Blandish is a 1942 British stage adaptation by James Hadley Chase and Robert Nesbitt of Chase's 1939 novel of the same name. It ran for 203 performances at the Prince of Wales Theatre in the West End. The play starred Robert Newton as Slim Grisson, Mary Clare as Ma Grisson, and Linden Travers, who reprised her role as Miss Blandish in the 1948 film adaptation. The stage version was well received, particularly in comparison to the film, which was widely denounced as salacious due to the film's portrayal of violence