num_pages: 256
description: George, a disillusioned academic, and Martha, his caustic wife, have just come home from a faculty party. When a handsome young professor and his mousy wife stop by for a nightcap, an innocent night of fun and games quickly turns dark and dangerous. Long-buried resentment and rage are unleashed as George and Martha turn their rapier-sharp wits against each other, using their guests as pawns in their verbal sparring. By night's end, the secrets of both couples are uncovered and the lies they cling to are exposed. Considered by many to be Albee's masterpiece, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a "brilliantly original work of art -- an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire" (Newsweek).
language: English
title: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
titlecomplete: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
characters: Martha (Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf), George (Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf), Honey (Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf), Nick (Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf)
genres: Fiction, Plays, Theatre, American, The United States Of America, Drama, School, Literature, Classics, 20th Century
ratings_count: 68477
places: New England, The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: -220896000000
name: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
category: Best Play
publisher: Scribner