Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

ALBEE, Edward.

Item Number: 287

London: Jonathan Cape, 1962.

First British edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original cloth. Light wear, else fine in a near fine jacket with light wear. Lengthily inscribed by the author. A nice signed copy.

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.