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{{Infobox play | |||
| name = Angels in America: Millennium Approaches | |||
| image = Angels-in-america-04.jpg | |||
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| caption = Image from the HBO production | |||
| writer = [[Tony Kushner]] | |||
| characters = Prior Walter<br>[[Roy Cohn]]<br>Joe Pitt<br>Harper Pitt<br>Hannah Pitt<br>Louis Ironson<br>Belize<br>[[Ethel Rosenberg]]<br>Homeless Woman<br>Angel | |||
| setting = New York City, Salt Lake City and elsewhere, 1985–1986 | |||
| premiere = May 1991 | |||
| place = [[w:Eureka Theatre Company]]<br>San Francisco, California | |||
| orig_lang = English | |||
| genre = Drama | |||
}} | |||
{{Infobox play | |||
| name = Angels in America: Perestroika | |||
| image = | |||
| image_size = | |||
| caption = | |||
| writer = [[Tony Kushner]] | |||
| characters = Prior Walter<br>[[Roy Cohn]]<br>Joe Pitt<br>Harper Pitt<br>Hannah Pitt<br>Louis Ironson<br>Belize<br>[[Ethel Rosenberg]]<br>Homeless Woman<br>Angel | |||
| setting = New York City and elsewhere, 1986–1990 | |||
| premiere = November 8, 1992 | |||
| place = [[w:Mark Taper Forum]]<br>Los Angeles, California | |||
| orig_lang = English | |||
| genre = Drama | |||
}} | |||
'''''Angels in America''''' is a 1991 play in two parts by [[Tony Kushner]] that examines of AIDS and homosexuality in America in the 1980s. | |||
==Factual Information== | ==Factual Information== | ||
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). | |||
==Biography== | |||
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====Act Two: The Epistle==== | ====Act Two: The Epistle==== | ||
#[[Perestroika 2.1|Act Two, Scene 1]] | #[[Perestroika 2.1|Act Two, Scene 1]] | ||
====Act Three: Borborygmi==== | ====Act Three: Borborygmi==== | ||
#[[Perestroika 3.1|Act Three, Scene 1]] | #[[Perestroika 3.1|Act Three, Scene 1]] | ||
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[[The Woman in the South Bronx]] | [[The Woman in the South Bronx]] | ||
[[Belize]] | |||
==Major Themes== | ==Major Themes== | ||
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==Influences== | ==Influences== | ||
The biggest influences on this play would defiantly have to be American society. Kushner brings up many problems that he has with the country. Form his problems with President Regan to the discrimination of people in American society. | |||
==Study Questions== | ==Study Questions== | ||
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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]]. If there is a connection, is it a friendly one? | |||
==Additional Resources== | ==Additional Resources== | ||
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==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||
{{Refbegin}} | |||
* 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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* 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: 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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* 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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