The Enclave

However, one of their number, a confirmed bachelor, has resolved to confront the others with the fact of his long-concealed homosexuality and to bring along his young male lover as a permanent addition to the group

Although his friends have always prided themselves on their tolerance and open-mindedness, they are outraged, and the enclave itself is imperiled. But as, in the developing crisis, the particular nature of each other character is exposed and explored

It is evident that they are not above reproach themselves - and the ultimate lesson of the play is one of forbearance and understanding and the need for fairness in judging those whose lifestyle may diverge from the conventional

This Off-Broadway entry by one of America`s theatre's most admired and successful writers, brings wit and sophistication to its resourceful examination of the often touchy subject of homosexuality

"Mr Laurents writes in an attractively hard-edged style, with jokes cracking like ice in extra-dry martinis" ~ NY Times

"Arthur Laurents has turned to the subject of homosexuals and society's problem in accepting them in its conventional midst" ~ NY Post