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Beirut review " sex is banned in surveillance-state New York

by Bridget Minamore

Park theatre, London In Alan Bowne's play, an allegory exploring New York's 1980s Aids crisis, a couple meet in secretAn unnamed plague has hit New York. The virus is spread through sexual contact, the death toll is rising, there seems to be little hope of a cure and government response is both unclear and ineffective. American playwright Alan Bowne's 1987 one-act play Beirut is a clear allegory for the New York Aids…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 9:36am on June 20, 2018