New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books. 1964. Mass Market Paperback. Reprint Used. S Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. A VG copy. Light wear. Browning to text and inside wraps.

Synopsis

“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, a reader 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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Bookseller: Vashon Island Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: G41255
Title: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Author: Albee, Edward
Format/Binding: S Mass Market Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Edition: Reprint Used
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 0671827154
ISBN 13: 9780671827151
Publisher: Pocket Books
Place of Publication: New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1964
Keywords: Theater, Theatre, Plays, Drama, Edward Albee

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Reprint: Any printing of a book which follows the original edition. By definition, a reprint is not a first edition.
VG: Very Good condition can describe a used book that does show some small signs of wear - but no tears - on either binding or...
Mass Market: Mass market paperback books, or MMPBs, are printed for large audiences cheaply. This means that they are smaller, usually 4...