The Demi-Virgin
The Demi-Virgin is a three-act play written by Avery Hopwood. Producer Albert H. Woods staged it on Broadway, where it was a hit during the 1921–22 season. Because it contained suggestive dialogue and the female cast wore revealing clothes, the production was considered highly risqué at the time.
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The Demi-Virgin is a three-act play written by Avery Hopwood. Producer Albert H. Woods staged it on Broadway, where it was a hit during the 1921–22 season. Because it contained suggestive dialogue and the female cast wore revealing clothes, the production was considered highly risqué at the time. Reviewers generally panned the play as unfunny and vulgar, and local authorities attempted to censor it. It had no long-term literary impact and was never published, but it did stimulate arguments over censorship of theatrical performances. The story centers on the character Gloria Graham, a silent film actress who had previously been married to fellow actor Wally Deane. After he received a late-night call on their wedding night from a former girlfriend, Gloria stormed out and went to Reno, Nevada to obtain a divorce. The brevity of the union leads gossip columnists to speculate about whether the marriage was consummated. In the play’s most controversial scene, a group of actresses enter the room while Wally hides in another room of the suite. They decide to play a card-based strip game, and remove pieces of clothing onstage. One of them, Dot Madison, is down to her last two items of clothing when Wally returns to the room. The actresses leave, and Wally says he is going to get his bag so he has it the next morning. In a final plot twist, Wally returns with a telegram from his lawyer revealing that the divorce is not valid.
Gloria and Wally reconcile, and Betty gives her approval to the relationship between her aunt and Chicky Belden. The characters and cast from the Broadway production are listed below: Prior to writing The DemiVirgin, Hopwood was a well-established author of bedroom comedies. For the cast of Getting Gertie’s Garter, see Hazel Dawn, Up in Mabel’s Room, and Belle Bennett, Up Up in Garter. The cast of The Fairies was replaced by Belle Bennett in March 1922, and Hazel Dawn was then starring in another production of Getting gertie’s Garter She had previously starred in another Broadway production of Mabel’S Garter,. Up in the Mabels Room, Up In Garter was a bedroom farce in which she starred in the lead role of Belle Bennett. For more information on the cast, see the cast list below: Hazel Dawn,. Belle Bennett was replaced in March 22, 1922 and left the cast in March 23, 1922. The list of cast members from the production is below: Betty Wilson, Cora Montague, Betty Wilson and Betty Bennett, Belle Bennett and Belle Bennet, who played the lead roles of Gloria Graham and Betty Bennet in the play. The play was one of the most successful of the season, and the cast was replaced with a new cast of Hazel Dawn. The script alluded to a contemporary scandal involving actor Fatty Arbuckle, and one scene featured actresses stripping as part of a card game. The second act takes place a week later.
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