"Mama Dada" is the first book to examine Gertrude Stein's drama within the history of the theatric and cinematic avant-gardes. It explores her development of a unique playwriting esthetic based in avant-garde drama, cinema, and queer identity. This is the first study to examine in detail Stein's major plays--"Four Saints in Three Acts "(1927), "They Must. Be Wedded. To Their Wife." (1931)," Listen to Me" (1936), "Doctor Faustus Lights the Lights" (1938), "Yes Is for a Very Young Man "(1944-46), and T"he Mother of Us All "(1945-46)--and to distinguish between her major and minor dramatic...