Lips Together, Teeth Apart

E240384
stage play theatrical work

"Lips Together, Teeth Apart" is a darkly comic stage play by Terrence McNally that explores themes of prejudice, isolation, and marital strain as two straight couples spend a tense Fourth of July weekend at a Fire Island beach house.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf stage play ⓘ
theatrical work ⓘ
author Terrence McNally ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
explores fragility of marriage ⓘ
social prejudice toward gay men ⓘ
tension between public persona and private fears ⓘ
features two straight couples ⓘ
firstProductionYear 1991 ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasDialogueStyle naturalistic dialogue ⓘ
hasMedium live theatre ⓘ
hasSettingElement gay community surroundings ⓘ
swimming pool ⓘ
hasSubject fear of illness ⓘ
homophobia ⓘ
marital dissatisfaction ⓘ
middle-class anxiety ⓘ
mortality ⓘ
social alienation ⓘ
hasTone bittersweet ⓘ
darkly comic ⓘ
isPartOf Terrence McNally’s body of work ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableCastMember Anthony Heald ⓘ
Christine Baranski ⓘ
Nathan Lane ⓘ
Swoosie Kurtz ⓘ
notableDirector John Tillinger ⓘ
numberOfMainCharacters 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalProductionType Off-Broadway production ⓘ
premiereCity New York City ⓘ
premiereLocation Off-Broadway ⓘ
publisher Dramatists Play Service ⓘ
setting Fire Island ⓘ
a beach house ⓘ
structure two-act play ⓘ
subjectMatter AIDS era social tensions ⓘ
heterosexual relationships ⓘ
targetAudience adult audiences ⓘ
theme isolation ⓘ
marital strain ⓘ
prejudice ⓘ
timeOfAction late 20th century ⓘ
timePeriod Fourth of July weekend ⓘ
writer Terrence McNally ⓘ

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McNally → notableWork → Lips Together, Teeth Apart ⓘ
subject surface form: Terrence McNally