The Normal Heart
Kramer activism play
The Normal Heart is a 1985 play by Larry Kramer depicting the early years of the AIDS crisis in New York City.
The work is largely autobiographical, dramatizing Kramer's efforts to raise awareness and funding when the epidemic was being ignored by government and media.
The title comes from W.H.
Auden's poem "September 1, 1939." The play has become a landmark of LGBT theater and AIDS activism.
- AIDSImmune deficiency syndrome
- AIDS crisisHIV epidemic's deadly peak
- activismDirect effort for reform
- gayAttracted to same sex
- gay rightsEqual treatment regardless of orientation
epidemic · 1980s · New York City · grief · love · rage · silence · death · Broadway · play · Ryan Murphy · Mark Ruffalo · ACT UP · crisis · public health · hospital · hospital bed · politics
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