Light in the Sight of Tragedy: Aids/Hiv in Theatre
Light in The Sight Of Tragedy: AIDS/HIV in Theatre
The AIDS/HIV virus is a very destructive disease it sees no race, no age, no gender, and no economic background this can affect anyone, at any time. AIDS stands for what is called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The virus causes the body's immune system to break down and become useless in fighting illness and bacteria. In the 1980s and 1990s AIDS and HIV was a very controversial topic, but no one spoke about it and was usually swept under the rug. The play Angels in America written by Tony Kushner spoke about the AIDS plagued ‘80s when being gay was shoved into a closet and hidden and especially being gay with AIDS or HIV was even worse. The play's plot shows the lives of two very different AIDS patients during the 1980s. RENT written by Jonathan Larson was another play that was written to spread the word about HIV and AIDS to the younger generation. These plays were both written to not only show how HIV effects the lives of those infected, and try and shed light to this terrible disease. Both plays discuss critical issues during their time and caused them to become very successful but without them having these strong themes, they would not be the successes they were.
RENT was written in the attempt to spread the word about HIV/AIDS in a way that would interest the younger generation of people. It talks about AIDS as a part of life and that all types of people can be infected, and that it is not only a disease for gay people but something that can infect anyone. The play was written in the early 1990s when people were ignorant about the disease and still believed they were safe if they were straight. RENT is loosely based on the play “La Boehme,” an opera that focuses on the lives of bohemian artists living in Paris at the end of the 19th century. RENT is set in the East Village in New York City, at the end of the 20th century.
Jonathan Larson’s RENT is about a group of friends struggling with many
The AIDS/HIV virus is a very destructive disease it sees no race, no age, no gender, and no economic background this can affect anyone, at any time. AIDS stands for what is called acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. The virus causes the body's immune system to break down and become useless in fighting illness and bacteria. In the 1980s and 1990s AIDS and HIV was a very controversial topic, but no one spoke about it and was usually swept under the rug. The play Angels in America written by Tony Kushner spoke about the AIDS plagued ‘80s when being gay was shoved into a closet and hidden and especially being gay with AIDS or HIV was even worse. The play's plot shows the lives of two very different AIDS patients during the 1980s. RENT written by Jonathan Larson was another play that was written to spread the word about HIV and AIDS to the younger generation. These plays were both written to not only show how HIV effects the lives of those infected, and try and shed light to this terrible disease. Both plays discuss critical issues during their time and caused them to become very successful but without them having these strong themes, they would not be the successes they were.
RENT was written in the attempt to spread the word about HIV/AIDS in a way that would interest the younger generation of people. It talks about AIDS as a part of life and that all types of people can be infected, and that it is not only a disease for gay people but something that can infect anyone. The play was written in the early 1990s when people were ignorant about the disease and still believed they were safe if they were straight. RENT is loosely based on the play “La Boehme,” an opera that focuses on the lives of bohemian artists living in Paris at the end of the 19th century. RENT is set in the East Village in New York City, at the end of the 20th century.
Jonathan Larson’s RENT is about a group of friends struggling with many