Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Summary

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Edward Albee's first full-length play and his first to appear on Broadway, is considered by many to be his greatest dramatic achievement, as well as a central work in the contemporary American theatre. Virginia Woolf focuses on an embittered academic couple who gradually draw a younger couple, freshly arrived from the Midwest, into their vicious games of mantal love-hatred. The play is a dramatic bloodsport fought with words...

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Edward Albee Biographies (5)

Edward Albee

3,942 words, approx. 14 pages

Edward Albee is a playwright best known for such award-winning dramas as The Zoo Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", Tiny Alice, and Three Tall Women. With his confrontational dramas and decidedly... Read more

Edward Franklin Albee, III

1,758 words, approx. 6 pages

American playwright Edward Franklin Albee, III (born 1928), achieved great success in the early 1960s with his one-act plays and the immensely popular full-length work Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"E... Read more

Edward (Franklin) Albee (III)

15,164 words, approx. 51 pages

In the early 1960s it was customary to find the names of four young playwrights linked: Edward Albee, Jack Gelber, Arthur Kopit, and Jack Richardson. These, and certain others like them, wished to pre... Read more

Edward Franklin Albee, III

13,480 words, approx. 45 pages

Biography EssayIn the early 1960s it was customary to find the names of four young playwrights linked: Edward Albee, Jack Gelber, Arthur Kopit, and Jack Richardson. These, and certain others like them... Read more

Edward (Franklin), (Iii) Albee

16,107 words, approx. 54 pages

Early in the twentieth century, American theater critics and drama scholars wondered where the native modern dramatists were--the American equals to Henrik Ibsen, August Strindberg, and Anton Chekhov-... Read more

Essays & Analysis (17)

Critical Essay by Henry Hewes

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Critical Essay by Stanley Kauffmann

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Critical Review by James Campbell

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Critical Review by Harold Clurman

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Critical Review by Robert Brustein

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Text, Subtext, and Performance (1990)

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Critical Essay by Tom F. Driver

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

1,103 words, approx. 4 pages

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" Power Struggles are very common is many marriages. In Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf", by Edward Albee, the relationship or marriage between George and Martha is base... Read more

Response to Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

939 words, approx. 4 pages

A reader's attitudes and values may be influenced by the techniques used in the construction of a literature text. Techniques such as dialog, sequences, stage directions and power struggles may cause ... Read more

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Truth Or Illusion

1,102 words, approx. 4 pages

Truth Or Illusion Truth or Illusion, you don't know the difference. In the text `Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"' by Edward Albee there are a lot of topics being brought up throughout the text and th... Read more

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - Closing Remarks

630 words, approx. 3 pages

So, What is meant by Martha's closing remarks? This could be read by the reader in two ways, which are literally and symbolically. First off, literally could be interpreted by the reader, as Martha is... Read more

The Role of Violence in 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf'

731 words, approx. 3 pages

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" `Violence, whether it be physical or psychological, is prominent in this play.' How has violence been dramatised in the play and to what purpose" Within Edward Albee... Read more

Truth and Illusion in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

771 words, approx. 3 pages

"Truth and illusion...Who knows the difference"" "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"" is about truth and illusion. As readers begin the play, they enter into a slightly distorted world where people act... Read more

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf: Way of Cleaning Up Messes Affected the Life of Each Character

1,417 words, approx. 5 pages

"No, I did not clean up the mess I made Martha; I have been trying for years to clean up the mess I made." What are the messes that each of the characters are trying to clean up? How are their lives a... Read more

Truth and Illusion in Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

1,750 words, approx. 6 pages

Edward Albee has said that the song Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf means who's afraid to live without illusion. In the play the song originated at the staff party from a play on the children's nursery... Read more

The Emotional Facades of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

790 words, approx. 3 pages

The concept that humans choose to hide behind facades in order to avoid the realistic expectations set by society is clearly evident throughout Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf." This idea is r... Read more

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