The Boys in the Band | Style
Setting
The Boys in the Band is a play that takes place in New York City in the late 1960s. It re- flects a social situation in which gay men were free enough to gather together privately but were still oppressed enough to feel the degree of selfcontempt exhibited by most of the characters here. The characters engage in urbane, witty dialog that New York Times critic Clive Barnes characterized as ‘‘camp or homosexual humor.’’ Noting the effect of gay culture on New York, Barnes went on to note, ‘‘Indeed, the New York Wit, famous the world over, is...
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