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Name: Lips together, teeth apart
Author: Terrence McNally

📘 Lips together, teeth apart by Terrence McNally

During a Fourth of July gathering in a house inherited by one of the women from her brother, a victim of AIDS, two couples find themselves navigating quiet anxieties and the shadow of death. The play captures the characters’ attempts to mask dread with wit and the difficulties of uncomfortable marriages, revealing a world of isolated struggles.

First publish date: 1992

Genre: Drama & Plays/Drama

Authors: Terrence McNally

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