Diamond Lil (play)

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This article is about the Mae West play. For the Marvel Comics character, see Diamond Lil.

Diamond Lil is a 1928 play by sultry American actress and playwright Mae West. Prior to Diamond Lil, she had written a number of plays that were closed down due to either poor ticket sales or indecency issues with local law enforcement authorities of the time. Diamond Lil, about a racy woman in the 1890s, was her first major Broadway success, and was the basis for her character Lady Lou in her 1933 film She Done Him Wrong.