Love! Valor! Compassion! and A Perfect Ganesh: Two Plays

by Terrence McNally

118 Members ½ (3.67) 1 Award

On This Page

Description

"Beautifully written, moving, and very funny, Love! Valour! Compassion! gathers together eight gay men at the upstate New York summer house of a celebrated dancer-choreographer who fears he is losing his creativity... and possibly his lover. Infidelity, flirtations, soul-searching, AIDS, truth-telling, and skinny-dipping mix monumental questions about life and death with a wacky dress rehearsal for Swan Lake performed in drag. The result is a cross between a gay Big Chill and Chekhov's The show more Cherry Orchard. To read it is to join in a dance of life."--BOOK JACKET. show less

Tags

Recommendations

Member Reviews

Members

Recently Added By

Author Information

Picture of author.
89+ Works 1,780 Members
Terrence McNally, a very popular American playwright of the 1990's, was born in 1939. His play "Love! Valour? Compassion!," a commentary on AIDS, received a Tony Award as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. Another play, "Master Class," also earned a Tony, as show more did the book he wrote for the musical adaptation of "Kiss of the Spider Woman." McNally's other plays include "Corpus Christi" and "Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone?" In addition, McNally has written several television scripts; one of them, "Andre's Mother," brought him an Emmy Award. Terrence McNally died on March 24, 2020 due to complications from the coronavirus at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) Terrence McNally, a very popular American playwright of the 1990s, was born in 1939. His play Love! Valour? Compassion!, a commentary on AIDS, received a Tony Award as well as Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards for Best Play and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. Another play, Master Class, also earned a Tony, as did the book he wrote for the musical adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman. McNally's other plays include Corpus Christi and Where Has Tommy Flowers Gone? In addition, McNally has written several television scripts; one of them, Andre's Mother, brought him an Emmy Award. Terrence McNally died on March 24, 2020 due to complications from the coronavirus at the age of 81. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

Awards and Honors

Series

Belongs to Publisher Series

Work Relationships

Common Knowledge

Canonical title
Love! Valor! Compassion! and A Perfect Ganesh: Two Plays
Original publication date
1995

Classifications

Genres
Fiction and Literature, LGBTQ+
DDC/MDS
812.54Literature & rhetoricAmerican literature in EnglishAmerican drama in English20th Century1945-1999
LCC
PS3563 .A323 .L6Language and LiteratureAmerican literatureAmerican literatureIndividual authors1961-
BISAC

Statistics

Members
118
Popularity
276,761
Rating
½ (3.67)
Languages
English
Media
Paper
ISBNs
2
ASINs
2