The Art of Double Entendre | The Nance

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The Nance Nathan Lane Depression broadway play playwright stage drama performance art theater acting actor 1930s censorship fiction historical fiction comedy homosexual gay queer discrimination protest legal rights decency decency laws burlesque Chauncey Miles Douglas Carter Beane Live from Lincoln Center Tony Award gay culture vaudeville Mayor Fiorello La Guardia unionize human rights Communist party free speech free expression socialism capitalism
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Civic and Political Institutions History-Social Science History The Arts
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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The Art of Double Entendre | The Nance

Watch as actor Nathan Lane defends burlesque comedy performances before a judge in this excerpt from the play The Nance. Lane's character, Chauncey Miles, tries to explain to the court what the term "double entendre" means and why it's funny to audiences. Chauncey is on trial for violating decency laws in the theater in 1930s New York City.
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