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Stepping Out, Warden and West Issue (1939)

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Warden and West, comedy stars of the Windmill Theatre: the duo are male comedians in drag playing parts of saucy old Irish women, Biddy and Fanny. The set is designed to look like a park, the two sit on a bench. In the sketch, Fanny is writing a love story. Biddy mocks her and laughs at her literary efforts. Biddy mocks Fanny's husband Harry's lack of sex appeal, Fanny replies "Two stouts and a plate of whelks and Harry is a menace to our sex!"

Item Information:

Identifier
9g54xh82k
Collection
Audio and Video Clips and Transcripts
Institution
British Pathé
Publisher
New Sound Pictorials
Date Issued
Oct. 5, 1939
Genre
Motion Pictures
Topic(s)
Arts and entertainment occupations
Crossdressing
Drag
Female impersonators
Resource Type
Moving image
Language
English
Rights
Copyright undetermined
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