Bent is an influential postwar play about Max, a gay man in 1930s Germany who is arrested along with his partner Rudy and taken to a concentration camp. Max denies his sexuality, pretending to be Jewish instead, and is forced to murder Rudy. While in the camp, he meets another gay inmate, and two begin a relationship in which they can never touch each other for fear of being caught. Shockingly graphic for its time, this play explores the themes of sexuality, identity, and unconventional rebellion.
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