The Normal Heart And The Destiny Of Me
by Larry Kramer

Name: The Normal Heart And The Destiny Of Me
Brand: Larry Kramer
SKU: 9780802136923
Rating: 4.28 (841 reviews)

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Highlights

Female

Male

1990sUnit Set/Multiple SettingsAmerican LGBTQ

Awards & Recognition

Lucille Lortel AwardObie AwardPulitzer Prize

Winner! 1993 Lucille Lortel Award, Best Play of the Year Winner! Two 1993 Obie Awards Finalist: 1993 Pulitzer Prize in Drama

What readers are saying

Readers find both plays deeply moving and significant, offering a powerful portrayal of the AIDS epidemic and its impact on the LGBTQ+ community. The Normal Heart is particularly praised for its emotional depth and raw storytelling, while The Destiny of Me serves as a compelling sequel, though some find it less impactful. Overall, the works are seen as essential pieces of theatre history that resonate with current societal issues.

Emotionally powerful storytellingGroundbreaking representation of AIDS crisisProfound and impactfulRaw and heartfelt performancesThe Destiny of Me less engagingSome find it preachy at times

Synopsis

The Normal Heart

, set during the early years of the AIDS epidemic, is the impassioned indictment of a society that allowed the plague to happen, a moving denunciation of the ignorance and fear that helped kill an entire generation.

It has been produced and taught all over the world.

Its companion play, The Destiny of Me

, is the stirring story of an AIDS activist forced to put his life in the hands of the very doctor he has been denouncing.

ThemesPatients

Press Reviews

"Bitter and angry and full of the biting humor that comes not from a joy of life but from trying to make the best of it."
— Wall Street Journal

"May be the most comprehending, and certainly the most comprehensive, AIDS play so far."
— New York Magazine

"This play will stand as a memorial to the personal force of a single man and to a fearful trauma in American life."
— Newsweek

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Nurse Hanniman	—	—	—
Dr Anthony Della Vida	—	—	—
Alexander Weeks	—	—	—
Richard Weeks	—	—	—
Rena Weeks	—	—	—
Benjamin Weeks	—	—	—
Ned Weeks	—	—	—