How long does it take to read Bent?
A Play
Martin Sherman
Bent by Martin Sherman takes about 1 hour 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 1 hour 27 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1979. 79 pages, about 21,725 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 25 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A horrifically beautiful story about the power of love. . .and how it can conquer even the Third Reich. . . The arts flourished in pre-WWII Germany. The Nazis brought it all to a crashing end. A love story, in this instance a love between men, about how the power of the mind can resist the physical, psychological, and emotional cruelty put forth. Written originally (I believe) as a stage play, the script was adapted & made into film (1997) starring Clive Owen & Lothaire Bluteau. . .two Dachau prison camp inmates. One (Horst/Bluteau) wears his pink triangle (symbolizing his being homosexual) proudly while the other (Max/Owen) conceals his homosexuality by wearing the gold Star of David. In the end, their love conquers all but death. Stong. Powerful. Read the play before you watch the film.
Subjects: Drama, Gay men, History, Theater, LGBTQ plays, Holocaust
