ALBEE, Edward.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
New York: Atheneum , 1962.
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"DASHED HOPES AND GOOD INTENTIONS. GOOD, BETTER, BEST, BESTED": FIRST EDITION OF WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF; SIGNED BY EDWARD ALBEE
First edition of Albee's classic work. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Edward Albee on the title page. Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. Name to the front free endpaper.
Edward Albee’s "masterpiece his account of a couple’s long-night’s journey into dawn is also-deeply and truly-a love story" (New York Times). Albee described his first three-act play as the depiction of the desire to "try to claw our way into compassion" (Hart 9). The Village Voice calls Albee's play "[a]n irreplaceable experiencea crucial event in the birth of contemporary American theater!" Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? went on to win the 1963 Tony Award for Best Play and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play. Basis for the 1966 film adaptation directed by Mike Nichols that starred Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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