<p><strong>Michael Billgton: </strong>The gay and lbian theatre movement has changed radilly sce the opprsive days of the 1950s, but uld more wrers rise to the challenge of ntemporary issu?</p>
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1964: THE BIRTH OF GAY THEATER
Why am I so drawn to characters that are gay… * is bad end theater gay *
You will be hard-prsed to fd anyone who works theatre who hasn’t heard the words ‘theatre is gay’ at some pot durg their reer.
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* is bad end theater gay *
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