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Love's Fire is a collection of short plays by American writers based on Shakespeare's Sonnets. It was commissioned and premiered by The Acting Company in its 1997-98 season. ^[1]

• "Bitter Sauce" by Eric Bogosian, inspired by Sonnet 118
• "Hydraulics Phat Like Mean" by Ntozake Shange, inspired by Sonnet 128, Original Music by Chico Freeman , Choreography by Dyane Harvey
• "140" by Marsha Norman, inspired by Sonnet 140
• "Terminating" by Tony Kushner, inspired by Sonnet 75
• "Painting You" by William Finn, inspired by Sonnet 102
• "Waiting for Philip Glass" by Wendy Wasserstein, inspired by Sonnet 94
• "The General of Hot Desire" by John Guare, inspired by Sonnets 153 and 154 and The Golden Legend of Jacobus de Varagine, Original Music by Adam Guettel

• Review of 1998 New York Production at New York Magazine
• Review of 1998 New York Production at Curtain Up