Angels in America | Perestroika: Act V

Perestroika: Act V, scene 1
The Angel returns. It is much later the same night in Prior's hospital room, and Hannah has fallen asleep in a chair near Prior's bed. An eerie light appears, then blackness and thunder, and the Angel materializes. Although terrified, Hannah manages to offer Prior advice: wrestle with the Angel and demand to be released from his role as Prophet. Prior grapples with the Angel, and the two wrestle around the room amidst screeching voices, blasts of music, and strange flashes of light. Finally the Angel relents. A ladder appears, leading up to...

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