Bibliograph

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a play, by Edward Albee

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Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a play, by Edward Albee

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

dramas

Main title

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Oclc number

70882654

Responsibility statement

by Edward Albee

Sub title

a play

Summary

""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, neither audiences nor critics could 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.""--Publisher's website

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