Cocktails with George and Martha
14 November 2024Imprint: Ithaka
Synopsis
'Well-researched ... I was fascinated' Roger Lewis, Daily Mail
From its debut in 1962, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a wild success and a cultural lightning rod. 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. It scandalised critics but magnetised...
From its debut in 1962, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a wild success and a cultural lightning rod. 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. It scandalised critics but magnetised...
Details
14 November 2024304 pages
9781804186763Imprint: Ithaka
Reviews
'Well-researched ... I was fascinated'Roger Lewis, Daily Mail
'A penetrating examination of a bold film'Kirkus Reviews
'Terrific! With a dynamically deft touch, Philip Gefter chronicles how a uniquely volatile mix of timing, talent, pressure, and passion turned a landscape-altering play into a cinematic detonation. Savour this juicy bit of time travel, because we'll never see the likes of these people and these circumstances again'Steven Soderbergh
'Deftly blends social history, textual analysis, and Hollywood gossip'The New Yorker