Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf?
by Albee, Edward
“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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On Apr 28, 2014, Anonymous said
A young and handsome new-hire college professor Nick, and his mousey wife Honey, are invited to the home of the dull head of the history dept. George, after hours, post campus event (unbeknownst to George) by George's sexy 40 something wife, Martha. Believing the visit will enhance young Nick's career, (Martha is the daughter of the college's president) they accept the invitation, unaware they are in for a disturbing night of non stop drinking, leading to shocking behavior by their hosts, and themselves. Stunning ending! A classic play, made into a movie in the 1960's, starring famous real life husband and wife Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, a young George Segal and Sandy Dennis. I found reading the play much more disturbing than the movie, which tends to be softened a bit by lovely Liz. I have not yet seen the actual play performed-but I must, someday!
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New York: Atheneum, 1962. Stated Second Printing, December 1962. Near Fine, top edge slight fading to red top stain, prior owner name front end page, in a Very Good dust jacket, small chips, rubbing and light soiling. . 2nd Printing. Cloth. Near Fine/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Item Price
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NY: Atheneum, 1962. Dustwrapper shows just a slight hint of edgewear and is price-clipped. Overall, a tight, bright copy of the first edition (stated) of this classic play made even more famous by the hit movie starring Taylor/Burton. Scarce in this protected condition. Signed by Mr. Albee on a bookplate affixed to the second free endpaper.… Read more about this item Item Price
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London: Jonathan Cape. Yellow, cloth-covered boards, silver lettering to spine. A straight book, bright covers, sharp corners, no inscriptions. The original dust jacket has minor wear including a couple of small, closed edge tears at the back. A very nice copy of this famous play in the first UK printing. Weysprings Books is a Member of: the IOBA and… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Atheneum, 1962. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. One bottom corner bumped, else near fine in a nice and presentable very good dustwrapper with a modest stain pretty much only visible on the inside of the front panel and tiny nicks, mostly at the bottom of the front flap. Card laid in with Albee's Signature, as… Read more about this item Item Price
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Middlesex, England: Penguin Books, 1977. Book. Fair. Paperback. Reprint. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Paperback, reprint, 82gms, 140 pages. Book is in fair condition with minor general wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout, otherwise no other pre-loved markings.. Item Price
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Jonathan Cape, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Clean pages, tight binding, yell/original dust jacket over cloth . Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? a play by Edward Albee. First British Edition published in 1964 by Jonathan Cape. Original price of 18s on front dust jacket flap.Clean pages, tight binding, yellow cloth boards and inside of dust jacket shows… Read more about this item Item Price
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Pocket 78112)
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New York: Pocket Books, 1972. Unique eighteenth printing w/classic cover design of seated man and woman holding each other's severed heads in each other's laps. Moderate corner, edge wear. Pages good; neat, insightful notation throughout. When Woolf debuted in 1961, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, it… Read more about this item Item Price
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New York: Atheneum, 1962. First edition of Albee's classic work. Octavo, original cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, "Edward Albee 2010." Fine in a near fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear. An exceptional example. Edward Albee’s "masterpiece his account of a couple’s long-night’s journey into dawn is also-deeply and truly-a love story" (New… Read more about this item Item Price
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ?
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New York: Atheneum, 1962. Book. Near Fine. Cloth. 1st Edition. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Black cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Top page edges dyed light pink. Mustard EPs. Second Printing December 1962 after the first in the same month. This copy is VG+ in a VG, unclipped ($5) DJ with author's photograph by Hans Namuth… Read more about this item Item Price
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: a Play by Edward Albee
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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