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Edward Albee Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Signet)
Signet 0451121252 / 9780451121257 PAPERBACK Fair
0451121252 Editorial Reviews n nReview nAlbee can...be placed high among the important dramatists of the contemporary world theatre. -- New York Post n nPlay in three acts by Edward Albee, published and produced in 1962. The action takes place in the living room of a middle-aged couple, George and Martha, who have come home from a faculty party drunk and quarrelsome. When Nick, a young biology professor, and his strange wife Honey stop by for a nightcap, they are enlisted as fellow fighters, and the battle begins. A long night of malicious games, insults, humiliations, betrayals, painful confrontations, and savage witticisms ensues. The secrets of both couples are laid bare and illusions are viciously exposed. When, in a climactic moment, George decides to "kill" the son they have invented to compensate for their childlessness, George and Martha finally face the truth and, in a quiet ending to a noisy play, stand together against the world, sharing their sorrow. -- The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature n nTowers over the common run of contemporary plays. -- New York Times --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition. n nProduct Description nWhen Woolf debuted in 1961, 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 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 keenly 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." --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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