Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
- Full Length Play, Drama, Present Day
- 2M, 2F
- ISBN: 9780822212492
Winner! 5 Tony Awards including Best Play, 1963
The original Broadway production of this play was a shattering and memorable experience and proclaimed the author as a major American playwright.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 120 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day
- Target Audience: Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set
- Cautions: Alcohol, Strong Language, Intense Adult Themes
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Reader's Theatre, College Theatre / Student
- Accolades:
- Winner! 5 Tony Awards including Best Play (1963)
Winner! 2013 Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play
Nominee! 2013 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play
Winner! 2013 Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play
Nominee! 2013 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play
The drinks flow and suddenly inhibitions melt. It becomes clear that Martha is determined to seduce the young professor, and George couldn't care less. But underneath the edgy banter, which is crossfired between both couples, lurks an undercurrent of tragedy and despair. George and Martha's inhuman bitterness toward one another is provoked by the enormous personal sadness that they have pledged to keep to themselves: a secret that has seemingly been the foundation for their relationship.
In the end, the mystery in which the distressed George and Martha have taken refuge is exposed, once and for all revealing the degrading mess they have made of their lives.
REVIEWS:
"This is a Big One."
New York Journal-American
"...a scorching, scalding, revealing and completely engrossing drama."
Women's Wear Daily
"...a brilliant piece of writing."
New York Herald-Tribune
Characters
- Casting: 2M, 2F
- Casting Attributes: Ensemble cast, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle), Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Color blind casting
MARTHA - a large boisterous woman, 52, looking somewhat younger; ample, but not fleshy
GEORGE - her husband, 46; thin, hair going gray
HONEY - 26, a petite blond girl; rather plain
NICK - late 20s, her husband; blond, well put-together, good-looking
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Script
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George, a professor at a small college, and his wife, Martha, have just returned home, drunk from a Saturday night party. Martha announces, amidst general profanity, that she has invited a young couple—an opportunistic new professor at the college and his shatteringly naïve new bride—to stop by for a nightcap. When they arrive the charade begins. The drinks flow and suddenly inhibitions melt. It becomes clear that Martha is determined to seduce the young professor, and George couldn't care less. But underneath the edgy banter, which is crossfired between both couples, lurks an undercurrent of tragedy and despair. George and Martha's inhuman bitterness toward one another is provoked by the enormous personal sadness that they have pledged to keep to themselves: a secret that has seemingly been the foundation for their relationship. In the end, the mystery in which the distressed George and Martha have taken refuge is exposed, once and for all revealing the degrading mess they have made of their lives. |
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