{"product_id":"9781557833365","title":"Bent","description":"\u003cp\u003e (Applause Books). Martin Sherman's worldwide hit play Bent took London by storm in 1979 when it was first performed \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eby the Royal Court Theatre, with Ian McKellen as Max (a character written with the actor in mind). The play itself \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecaused an uproar. \"It educated the world,\" Sherman explains. \"People knew about how the Third Reich treated Jews \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand, to some extent, gypsies and political prisoners. But very little had come out about their treatment of \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehomosexuals.\" Gays were arrested and interned at work camps prior to the genocide of Jews, gypsies, and \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehandicapped, and continued to be imprisoned even after the fall of the Third Reich and liberation of the camps. The \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eplay Bent highlights the reason why - a largely ignored German law, Paragraph 175, making homosexuality a criminal \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eoffense, which Hitler reactivated and strengthened during his rise to power. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hal Leonard Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050366943472,"sku":"9781557833365","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781557833365_p0.jpg?v=1769899361","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781557833365","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}