![]() ![]() ![]() People became more interested in exploring new things." It pushed all of nightlife underground." There was, he continued, "a popular revolt against the moral order imposed by Prohibition. "Prohibition brought visibility to gay life. He replied that Prohibition, which lasted from 1919 to 1933, was an important factor. I asked Professor Chauncey, after whom Nathan Lane's character in the play, Chauncey Miles, is named, why gay life in New York had been visible during the 1920s and early 1930s, but had become less so by 1937, when "The Nance" takes place. ![]() Last week, I posted a few thoughts about one of Douglas Carter Beane's inspirations for "The Nance": a book called "Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World, 1890-1940." Wanting to know more about it, I arranged an interview with its author, George Chauncey, who is chair of the history department at Yale. ![]()
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