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A dark comedy, Who’s afraid of Virginia Woolf? 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. Type: Full Length Play. Acts: Three. First Performance: 13 October 1962, Billy Rose Theatre, New York
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf resists the narrative pressure to present reality in a digestible form and instead exposes family life in a harsher light. At the same time, the Cold War was an important feature of American political life in the 1960’s, and the non-violent tensions that arise in Martha and George’s living room might be understood as a small-scale representation of the ...
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Directed by Mike Nichols. With Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, George Segal, Sandy Dennis. A bitter, aging couple, with the help of alcohol, use their young houseguests to fuel anguish and emotional pain towards each other over the course of a distressing night.
The play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is set on the campus of a small, New England university. It opens with the main characters, George and Martha coming home from a party at her father's house. The two of them clearly care deeply for each other, but events have turned their marriage into a nasty battle between two disenchanted, cynical enemies.
Edward Albee’s play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was first performed in 1962.It follows the volatile relationship between George and Martha, a middle-aged married couple. Set against the backdrop of a late-night gathering with a younger couple, Nick and Honey, the play portrays a night of verbal sparring, emotional revelations, and gamesmanship.
In Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf reageert een ouder koppel, Martha en George, zijn frustraties af op het jonge idealistische paar Nick en Honey. Bij Arslan transformeert de voorstelling gaandeweg naar een politieke lezing en een taalexperiment. Het origineel heeft vier rollen, maar Arslan werkt met zestien acteurs.
Critics reviews. Oscar-winning tale of an unhappy middle-aged couple who invite the husband’s young new associate and his naive wife over to their house for a night they’ll never forget. Based on the 1962 play by Edward Albee.
