Albee - Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

A full study of this major contemporary play, including an interview with Edward Albee.

List of contents

List of illustrations; General preface; Acknowledgements; Note on the text; Introduction: the play as performance; 1. Fun and games: production strategies/production problems; 2. Walpurgisnacht: the cauldron of criticism; 3. The Exorcism: getting the worst out of your performers; Select chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Summary

This is a detailed study of one of the most important plays in contemporary theatre. In this fascinating look at the modern stage, Stephen Bottoms draws on original archival material and sources including an exclusive interview with Edward Albee.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen J. Bottoms
• Assisted by: Michael Robinson (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.10.2010
• EAN: 9780521632096
• ISBN: 978-0-521-63209-6
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 145 mm x 222 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 447 g
• Series: Plays in Production
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies