Chronicles of gay men and the theatre in the 20th century. From Oscar Wilde and Noel Coward through Terrence Rattigan and Tennesee Williams and on to Edward Albee, Joe Orton, Tony Kushner, and Larry Kramer.

These three films look at gay themes - from covert metaphor and attack to gay pride and the anguish of AIDS - in the plays of Oscar Wilde, Mae West, Noel Coward, Terence Rattigan, Tennessee Williams, William Inge, John Osborne, Edward Albee, Joe Orton, Mart Crowley, Robert Patrick, Harvey Fierstein, Martin Sherman, William Hoffman, Larry Kramer, Kevin Elyot, Paul Rudnick and Tony Kushner.—David Jeffcock