
Safe Sex
Harvey Fierstein(Author)
Samuel French Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 17. July 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
64 pages
978-0-573-64233-3 (ISBN)
Description
A collection containing the following three plays by Harvey Fierstein:
Manny and Jake
Two young men meet in a bar. Manny is literally praying for sex; Jake is only too eager to oblige. What the latter does not know is that Manny has AIDS.
Safe Sex
Two recently reconciled male lovers confront the challenge of their on-again off-again relationship in the time of AIDS. Ghee an aging congenial gay man may be using guidelines for safe sex as an excuse for his fading sex drive. This dismays Mead a virile and no-nonsense blue-collar type. The emotional seesaw of their interactions creates the compelling dynamics of this fascinating short piece.
On Tidy Endings
A man has died of AIDS leaving behind a son a male lover and an ex-wife. She still loves him and accepts the fact that he was gay and that he died in the arms of his male lover who selflessly cared for him right up until the end.
Manny and Jake
Two young men meet in a bar. Manny is literally praying for sex; Jake is only too eager to oblige. What the latter does not know is that Manny has AIDS.
Safe Sex
Two recently reconciled male lovers confront the challenge of their on-again off-again relationship in the time of AIDS. Ghee an aging congenial gay man may be using guidelines for safe sex as an excuse for his fading sex drive. This dismays Mead a virile and no-nonsense blue-collar type. The emotional seesaw of their interactions creates the compelling dynamics of this fascinating short piece.
On Tidy Endings
A man has died of AIDS leaving behind a son a male lover and an ex-wife. She still loves him and accepts the fact that he was gay and that he died in the arms of his male lover who selflessly cared for him right up until the end.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 203 mm
Width: 127 mm
Thickness: 4 mm
Weight
80 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-573-64233-3 (9780573642333)
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