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The Film
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) -- Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton; DVD at Amazon.com
VHS format
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee Mass Market Paperback at Amazon.com
The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature
Play 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.
All Edward Albee books at Amazon.com
Edward Albee books at Amazon.co.uk in United Kingdom
Drama on DVD
The Broadway Theatre Archive Series at Amazon.com DVD
or VHS Tape
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Tall Women -- Edward Albee
Winner of the 1994 Pulitzer Prize for best play, as well as a number of other
prestigious awards, Three Tall Woman has been called Albee's finest achievement. In his
triumphant return to the New York and London stages, Albee demonstrates insight and vision
with a moving look at mortality. "Stunning . . . nuanced and
breathtaking."--Time.
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