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      • “I felt that with Beautiful Thing I found my voice,” Harvey told The Guardian in a 2010 interview. “But it wasn’t intended to be a gay play, just a play that happened to have gay characters.” And yet his gentle coming-of-age tale of two teenagers—Jamie and Ste—struck a powerful chord among LGBT audiences.
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    Jun 22, 2016 · When Jonathan Harvey’s love story Beautiful Thing debuted in 1993 as a play, he had no idea it would eventually be heralded as a crown jewel of gay storytelling.

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    Sep 13, 2023 · Text Nick Levine. Few plays are quite as moving as Beautiful Thing. Written by Jonathan Harvey, it tells the story of two working-class boys from a south London council estate, Jamie and Ste, who fall in love and gradually embrace their gayness.

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  5. www.timteeman.com › 2013/04/15 › beautiful-thing‘Beautiful Thing’: The play that made it OK to be gay on stage

    Apr 15, 2013 · In gay years, 1993 feels a world away, but Beautiful Thing remains true and fresh. Gay teens are still bullied, some take their own lives; gays are still face discrimination and harassment (and much worse in some countries). Marriage equality remains elusive and fraught.

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    Jonathan Harvey. Date premiered. 1993. Genre. Comedy. Setting. Council estate, South London. Beautiful Thing is a 1993 British play written by Jonathan Harvey. A screen adaptation of the play was released in 1996 by Channel 4 Films, [1] with a revised screenplay also by Harvey.

  8. faroutmagazine.co.uk › beautiful-thing-britishThe authenticity of the LGBTQ+ romance 'Beautiful Thing'

    Jun 1, 2024 · In an era where authentic and positive representations of gay relationships were still rare, Beautiful Thing paved new ground, showing off a coming-of-age story that forced itself into the zeitgeist.

  9. www.timeout.com › london › theatreBeautiful Thing, Theatre Royal Stratford East review: the ...

    Sep 25, 2023 · Written during the summer of 1992, ‘Beautiful Thing’ was inspired by the decade’s debate over the age of gay consent. That’s long settled, but today an optimistic queer romance still feels ...

  10. www.attitude.co.uk › culture › beautiful-thingBeautiful Thing review: A ;wonderfully optimistic' queer love ...

    Sep 25, 2023 · Beautiful Thing review: One of the funniest, most uplifting and wonderfully optimistic queer love stories ever. Jonathan Harvey's masterpiece gets a fresh new take through a queer black lens. By Simon Button. Raphael Akuwudike (Ste) and Rilwan Abiola Owokoniran (Jamie) in Beautiful Thing (Image: The Other Richard)