A review by sfletcher26
The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer
4.0
Blistering and heart rending in equal measure.
Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart is a play I’ve been aware of for a number of years. It first came to my notice about 6 years ago when I was reading Randy Shilts’ “And The Band Played On” but it wasn’t until I read David France’s “How to Survive a Plague” earlier this year that I really thought I should try to find it and read it.
Set in the 80s at the height of the AIDS epidemic in New York, Kramer’s play, which is part polemic and part personal apologia, tells the story of a group of activists and their nascent lobby and support group for those suffering with AIDS.
Larry Kramer’s The Normal Heart is a play I’ve been aware of for a number of years. It first came to my notice about 6 years ago when I was reading Randy Shilts’ “And The Band Played On” but it wasn’t until I read David France’s “How to Survive a Plague” earlier this year that I really thought I should try to find it and read it.
Set in the 80s at the height of the AIDS epidemic in New York, Kramer’s play, which is part polemic and part personal apologia, tells the story of a group of activists and their nascent lobby and support group for those suffering with AIDS.