Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Play (Scribner Classics)

About this book

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 nights end the secrets of both couples are uncovered and the lies they cling to are exposed. Considered by many to be Albees masterpiece Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is a "brilliantly original work of art -- an excoriating theatrical experience surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire" (Newsweek).