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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, play in three acts by Edward Albee, published, produced, and debuted on Broadway in 1962. The action takes place in the living room of a middle-aged couple, George and Martha, who have come home from a faculty party drunk and quarrelsome. When Nick, a young biology professor, and his mousy wife, Honey, stop by for a nightcap, they are enlisted as fellow fighters, and the battle begins. A long night of malicious games, insults, humiliations, betrayals, painful confrontations, and savage witticisms ensues. The secrets of both couples are laid bare, and illusions are viciously exposed. ...(100 of 267 words)

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