Cocktails with George and Martha - Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, and the making of 'Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'

The play transpires over one long, boozy night, laying bare the lies, compromises, and scalding love that have sustained a middle-aged couple through decades of marriage. He explores how two couples - one fictional, one all too real - brought to light our most deeply held myths about relationships, sex, family, and, against all odds, love.

About the author

Philip Gefter is the author of What Becomes a Legend Most: The Biography of Richard Avedon; Wagstaff: Before and After Mapplethorpe, which received the 2014 Marfield Prize for arts writing; and an essay collection, Photography After Frank. He is a regular contributor to the New Yorker: Photobooth, Aperture, and the New York Times, where he was an editor and photography critic for over fifteen years. He also served as a producer on the award-winning documentary, Bill Cunningham: New York. He lives in New York City.

Summary

The play transpires over one long, boozy night, laying bare the lies, compromises, and scalding love that have sustained a middle-aged couple through decades of marriage. He explores how two couples - one fictional, one all too real - brought to light our most deeply held myths about relationships, sex, family, and, against all odds, love.

Product details

• Authors: Philip Gefter, Gefter Philip
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9781804186756
• ISBN: 978-1-80418-675-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 34 mm
• Weight: 588 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Theatre, ballet; DRAMA / General, Individual actors & performers, Biography: arts and entertainment, Individual actors and performers, Film Theory & Criticism, PERFORMING ARTS / Film / Reference, Film history, theory or criticism