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Full Length, Drama
Characters: 8 male, 1 female
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A searing drama about public and private indifference to the AIDS plague and one man's lonely fight to awaken the world to the crisis. Produced to acclaim in New York, London and Los Angeles, The Normal Heart follows Ned Weeks, a gay activist enraged at the indifference of public officials and the gay community. While trying to save the world from itself, he confronts the personal toll of AIDS when his lover dies of the disease.
"An angry, unremitting and gripping piece of political theatre."-New York Daily News
"Like the best social playwrights, Kramer produces a cross fire of life and death energies that illuminate the many issues and create a fierce and moving human drama."-Newsweek
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G.E. Lessing (1729-81) wrote three plays in addition to Nathan the Wise (1779): Miss Sara Sampson (1755), based on the novels of Samuel Richardson; Minna von Barnhelm (1767), the first true German comedy; and Emilia Galotti (1772), a middle-class tragedy. Edward Kemp is a freelance writer and director. Earlier work includes a two-part adaptation of The Mysteries for the RSC, published by Nick Hern Books and available from TCG. He is literary manager at Chichester Festival Theatre.
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The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer (Signed 1st Ed)
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New American Library, 1985
ISBN 10: 0453005063
ISBN 13: 9780453005067
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Signed by the author, the remarkable Larry Kramer, on the title page. Dust jacket has shelf wear, sunned spine, price unclipped. Brown boards with ivory cloth spine are lightly bumped lower corners. Interior is clean. Largely autobiographical, this landmark play depicts Ned Weeks and his electrifying activism on behalf of people with AIDS. Deeply moving and very important. First printing October 1985. All orders packed with care, most dust jackets protected by Brodart sleeve, independent bookseller since 2011. Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 13852