Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
ALBEE, Edward.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf.
"DASHED HOPES AND GOOD INTENTIONS. GOOD, BETTER, BEST, BESTED": FIRST EDITION OF WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, SIGNED BY EDWARD ALBEE
New York: Atheneum, 1962.
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Item Number: 1650
First edition of the author’s most well-known work. Octavo, original black cloth. Signed by Edward Albee on the title page. Fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing to the spine and closed tear to the rear panel. A very bright 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.
