Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Softcover

Albee, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451158717 ISBN 13: 9780451158710

Publisher: Penguin, 2001

Synopsis

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen, when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Like her, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games. By the evening's end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play's razor-sharp dialogue and the stripping away of social pretense, Newsweek rightly foresaw Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as "a brilliantly original work of art--an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire [that] will be igniting Broadway for some time to come."

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Review:

"Albee can...be placed high among the important dramatists of the contemporary world theatre."--New York Post"An irreplaceable experience...A crucial event in the birth of contemporary American theatre."--Village Voice

Book Description:

Martha: Look, sweetheart, I can drink you under any goddamn table you want...so don't worry about me!
George: Martha, I gave you the prize years ago...There isn't an abomination award going that you...
Martha: I swear...if you existed I'd divorce you...

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0451158717
• ISBN 13: 9780451158710
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 256