Lulu Belle is a play in four acts by Edward Sheldon and Charles MacArthur.
[1] It is set in San Juan Hill (an African American section on Manhattan's west side), Harlem, and Paris.
[3] A play about a black prostitute from Harlem who seduced a white married man,[1] it was controversial at the time and there were highly publicized attempts to censor and ban the play from performance at the time of its Broadway debut in 1926.
[4] The Broadway production was directed by David Belasco, and was a hit in spite of the controversy surrounding the work.
The lead roles of Lulu Belle and George Randall were portrayed by Lenore Ulric and Henry Hull in blackface.