Larry Kramer's passionate, polemical drama, set during the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
The Normal Heart traces the story of one man who, while his friends are dying around him, strives to break through a conspiracy of silence, indifference and hostility from public officials and the gay community, and gain recognition for a virus that threatens to change everything.
The play received its British premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1986. Thirty-five years after that premiere, the play's prescience and its searing emotional power are beyond doubt. It was revived on Broadway in 2011 (winning the Tony Award for Best Revival) and adapted for television in 2014 (receiving the Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie).
This new edition of the play is published alongside a major revival at the National Theatre, London, in 2021, directed by Dominic Cooke. It features the definitive text of the play, extensive supplementary material including a new introduction by critic and broadcaster David Benedict, and tributes to Larry Kramer by Russell T Davies, Tony Kushner and Matthew López, all of whom have also contributed to the canon of dramatic work about HIV/AIDS - with, respectively, It's A Sin, Angels in America and The Inheritance.
| ISBN: | 9781839040351 |
| Publication date: | 7th October 2021 |
| Author: | Larry Kramer |
| Publisher: | Nick Hern Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 112 pages |
| Series: | NHB Modern Plays |
| Genres: |
Plays, playscripts Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards) |
Larry Kramer's passionate, polemical drama, set during the early days of the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
The Normal Heart traces the story of one man who, while his friends are dying around him, strives to break through a conspiracy of silence, indifference and hostility from public officials and the gay community, and gain recognition for a virus that threatens to change everything.
The play received its British premiere at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1986. Thirty-five years after that premiere, the play's prescience and its searing emotional power are beyond doubt. It was revived on Broadway in 2011 (winning the Tony Award for Best Revival) and adapted for television in 2014 (receiving the Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie).
This new edition of the play is published alongside a major revival at the National Theatre, London, in 2021, directed by Dominic Cooke. It features the definitive text of the play, extensive supplementary material including a new introduction by critic and broadcaster David Benedict, and tributes to Larry Kramer by Russell T Davies, Tony Kushner and Matthew López, all of whom have also contributed to the canon of dramatic work about HIV/AIDS - with, respectively, It's A Sin, Angels in America and The Inheritance.
The Normal Heart features in the following genres: Plays, playscripts, Modern and contemporary plays (c 1900 onwards)
The Normal Heart is available in Paperback
The Normal Heart was written by Larry Kramer and published by Nick Hern Books
The Normal Heart has 112 pages
Yes it is part of NHB Modern Plays series
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