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Sep 5, 2023 · Characters. Last Updated September 5, 2023. Author and journalist Randy Shilts introduces the characters of And The Band Played On as "Dramatis Personae," as would appear in a script for a play ...
Chapter 51 Summary: “Heterosexuals”. In New York City, the hospitals overflow with AIDS patients and there are not enough spaces. The situation becomes overwhelming as “a sufferer had already died while waiting for a room at one of Manhattan's most prestigious university hospitals” (507).For children infected with AIDS, it is worse, as ...
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And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic is a 1987 book by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Randy Shilts. The book chronicles the discovery and spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) with a special emphasis on government indifference and political infighting—specifically in the United States—to what was then ...
Chapter 40 Summary: “Prisoners”. After submitting his play to his agent for review, Larry meets federal agencies working on AIDS, where he witnesses the obstacles at play, including the “ [i]nteragency rivalry between the CD and that National Cancer Institute” (405). At one point, Congressional Staffer Tim Westmoreland offers to have ...
Sep 21, 2020 · Overall Summary. And the Band Played On: Politics, People and the AIDS Epidemic is a book about investigative reporting by Randy Shilts. He was able to cover the AIDS epidemic for his newspaper, The San Francisco Chronicle. The author begins by examining the roots of AIDS in 1976. Two events are analyzed in detail: a mysterious illness of a ...
Sep 11, 1993 · Overview. The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it. Roger Spottiswoode. Director. Arnold Schulman. Teleplay. The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it.
