Angels in America (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Tony Kushner
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: Play
- Type of Plot: Political
- Time of Work: Mid-1985 to 1990
- Setting: New York City
- Genres: Drama, Problem play
- Subjects: New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Gay men, Homosexuality or homosexuals, Sex or sexuality, New York City, 1980’s, Death or dying, 1990’s, AIDS, Terminal illness or terminally ill, Diseases, Angels, Management
- Locales: New York, NY
Characters Discussed
Prior Walter, a thirty-one-year-old man with AIDS. When his illness becomes serious, he is abandoned by his lover, Louis Ironson. A member of a very old American and British family, he is chosen by the Angels to become a prophet and tell humankind to stop changing and progressing, to give up trying to answer impossible questions. After wrestling with the Angel, Prior is allowed to visit heaven, where he tells the angelic counsel that he will not be their prophet and that humankind cannot stop striving. He asks the Angels to let him live, for no matter how...
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