Robin Swados
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A Quiet End is a 1985 play by Robin Swados (1953-). Is was one of the earliest dramas to deal with the AIDS
crisis in the United States. The play premiered as the inaugural production of the International City Theater in Long Beach, California
, and then four weeks later at the Offstage Theater in London. Since then, A Quiet End has been produced at numerous theaters including the Repertory Theater of St. Louis, the American Repertory Theater (Amsterdam), Theater-off-Park (New York), as well as two revivals in Los Angeles and another in New York in September 2008. Swados also composed the underscoring for A Quiet End, which has been published as a single volume by Samuel French; as part of the anthology Gay and Lesbian Plays Today; and featured in The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 1990 and The Best Stage Scenes for Men From the 1980s (Smith and Kraus, 1990). A Quiet End was also the focus of a chapter of Robert Vorlicky's Act Like a Man: Challenging Masculinities in American Drama (U. of Michigan Press, 1995).
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
crisis in the United States. The play premiered as the inaugural production of the International City Theater in Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...
, and then four weeks later at the Offstage Theater in London. Since then, A Quiet End has been produced at numerous theaters including the Repertory Theater of St. Louis, the American Repertory Theater (Amsterdam), Theater-off-Park (New York), as well as two revivals in Los Angeles and another in New York in September 2008. Swados also composed the underscoring for A Quiet End, which has been published as a single volume by Samuel French; as part of the anthology Gay and Lesbian Plays Today; and featured in The Best Men's Stage Monologues of 1990 and The Best Stage Scenes for Men From the 1980s (Smith and Kraus, 1990). A Quiet End was also the focus of a chapter of Robert Vorlicky's Act Like a Man: Challenging Masculinities in American Drama (U. of Michigan Press, 1995).