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	'''''Angels in America''''' is a 1991 play by [[Tony Kushner]] that examines of AIDS and homosexuality in America in the 1980s.		'''''Angels in America''''' is a 1991 play in two parts by [[Tony Kushner]] that examines of AIDS and homosexuality in America in the 1980s.

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-According to Jacobus, Kushner was suprised that both liberals and conservatives liked the play because Kushner thought that it attacked many of the conservative views (1636).
+According to Jacobus, Kushner was surprised that both liberals and conservatives liked the play because Kushner thought that it attacked many of the conservative views (1636).
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	* Garner, Stanton B. ''"Angels in America: The Millennium and Postmodern Memory," in Approaching the Millenium, Essays on Angels in America,'' edited by Deborah R. Geis and Steven F. Kruger, University of Michigan Press, 1987: pp.173-84.		* Garner, Stanton B. ''"Angels in America: The Millennium and Postmodern Memory," in Approaching the Millenium, Essays on Angels in America,'' edited by Deborah R. Geis and Steven F. Kruger, University of Michigan Press, 1987: pp.173-84.

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	* Jacobus, Lee A., Ed. ''The Beford Introduction to Drama.'' 3rd Ed. Boston: Bedford, 1997.		* Jacobus, Lee A., Ed. ''The Beford Introduction to Drama.'' 3rd Ed. Boston: Bedford, 1997.
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	* Kruger, Steven F. ''"Identity and Conversion in Angels in America."in Approaching the Millennium: Essays on "Angels in America."'' edited by Deborah R. Geis and Steven F.Kruger, University of Michigan Press, 1997: pp. 151-69.		* Kruger, Steven F. ''"Identity and Conversion in Angels in America."in Approaching the Millennium: Essays on "Angels in America."'' edited by Deborah R. Geis and Steven F.Kruger, University of Michigan Press, 1997: pp. 151-69.

	* Kushner, Tony. ''Angels in America''. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995.		* Kushner, Tony. ''Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes''. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995.

	* Layman, Bruccoli Clark. ''"Tony Kushner,"in Dictionary of Literary Biography,'' Volume 228: Twentienth Century American Dramatists, Second Series. Edited by Christopher J. Wheatley.		* Layman, Bruccoli Clark. ''"Tony Kushner,"in Dictionary of Literary Biography,'' Volume 228: Twentienth Century American Dramatists, Second Series. Edited by Christopher J. Wheatley.

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	* Jacobus, Lee A., Ed. ''The Beford Introduction to Drama.'' 3rd Ed. Boston: Bedford, 1997.		* Jacobus, Lee A., Ed. ''The Beford Introduction to Drama.'' 3rd Ed. Boston: Bedford, 1997.

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	* Jacobus, Lee A., Ed. ''The Beford Introduction to Drama.'' 3rd Ed. Boston: Bedford, 1997.		* Jacobus, Lee A., Ed. ''The Beford Introduction to Drama.'' 3rd Ed. Boston: Bedford, 1997.

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	According to Jacobus, Kushner was suprised that both liberals and conservatives liked the play because Kushner thought that is attacked many of the conservative views (1636).		According to Jacobus, Kushner was suprised that both liberals and conservatives liked the play because Kushner thought that it attacked many of the conservative views (1636).

	==Biography==		==Biography==

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	#Choosing at least two examples ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Rosenberg The Rosenberg Trial], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_earthquake The San Francisco Earthquake], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl Chernobyl], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_administration The Reagan Administration]), analyze the role of history in the plays. Does Kushner more or less depict events as they happened? If not, what dramatic and thematic purposes does he serve by shading the facts?		#Choosing at least two examples ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Rosenberg The Rosenberg Trial], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1906_earthquake The San Francisco Earthquake], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl Chernobyl], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reagan_administration The Reagan Administration]), analyze the role of history in the plays. Does Kushner more or less depict events as they happened? If not, what dramatic and thematic purposes does he serve by shading the facts?
	#As a "fantasia," ''Angels in America'' is a major departure from prevailing theatrical realism, with detours into the religious and the supernatural — angels, ghosts, apparitions, and visions appear over and over. What effect do these fantastical elements have on the play as a whole? Go beyond a simple analysis of plot to consider the implications for characters, messages, and themes.		#As a "fantasia," ''Angels in America'' is a major departure from prevailing theatrical realism, with detours into the religious and the supernatural — angels, ghosts, apparitions, and visions appear over and over. What effect do these fantastical elements have on the play as a whole? Go beyond a simple analysis of plot to consider the implications for characters, messages, and themes.
	#Is there any connection between [[the Angel]], and [[Mr. Lies]].		#Is there any connection between [[the Angel]], and [[Mr. Lies]]. If there is a connection, is it a friendly one?

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	* Trilling, Lionel, et. al. ''Bloom’s Period Studies: Modern American Drama''. Chelsea House Publishers, 2005.		* Trilling, Lionel, et. al. ''Bloom’s Period Studies: Modern American Drama''. Chelsea House Publishers, 2005.

			* Jacobus, Lee A., Ed. ''The Beford Introduction to Drama.'' 3rd Ed. Boston: Bedford, 1997.


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