The Temperamentals is Jon Maran’s off-Broadway hit play about the love affair of Harry Hay and Rudi Gernreich and the founding of the Mattachine Society, one of the earliest American gay activist organizations. This special edition includes Marans’ script and production photos from the off-Broadway production, along with a foreword by actor Michael Urie; an introduction by activist David Mixner; a look at Gernreich’s fashion career by journalist Joel Nikolaou, and an afterword on Harry Hay by journalist Michael Bronski.




