Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? / Edward Albee.
By: Albee, Edward
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BookSeries: Vintage classics: Publisher: London : Vintage, 2001Description: 144 p. ; 20cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 009928569X (pbk); 9780099285694; 009928569X :.Subject(s): Literature | Plays, playscriptsDDC classification: 812.54 ALB Summary: Middle-aged history professor George, and his wife Martha, are joined by another college couple. The result is an all-night drinking session that erupts into a nightmare of revelations.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General lending | MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main | 812.54 ALB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 38888000746788 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
When middle-aged Martha and her husband George are joined by the younger Nick and Honey for late-night drinks after a party, the stage is set for a night of drunken recriminations and revelations. Battle-lines are drawn as Martha and George drag their guests into their own private hell of a marriage.
Originally published: U.S.: Atheneum, 1962; London: Jonathan Cape, 1964.
Middle-aged history professor George, and his wife Martha, are joined by another college couple. The result is an all-night drinking session that erupts into a nightmare of revelations.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Edward Albee was born in Virginia on March 12, 1928. His first produced play, The Zoo Story, opened in Berlin in 1959 before playing at the Provincetown Playhouse in Greenwich Village the following year. In 1960, it won the Vernon Rice Memorial Award. In 1962, his Broadway debut, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, won a Tony Award for best play. It was adapted into a film starring Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in 1966.He wrote about 30 plays during his lifetime including The Sandbox, The American Dream, The Death of Bessie Smith, All Over, and The Play About the Baby. He won the Pulitzer Prize three times for A Delicate Balance in 1966, Seascape in 1975, and Three Tall Women in 1991. Three Tall Women also received Best Play awards from the New York Drama Critics Circle and Outer Critics Circle. He won another Tony Award for The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? and a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award in 2005. He had died after a short illness on September 16, 2016 at the age of 88.
(Bowker Author Biography)