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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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bookshelves: 1960s, award-various, bage-mature, genre-drama-tragedy, genre-play-theatre
Nov 07, 2019
bookshelves: 1960s, award-various, bage-mature, genre-drama-tragedy, genre-play-theatre
I will start off with the good. This is a lightning fast play with banter. There are pages of dialogue with each character saying one or two words and it just bounces back and forth. I read this and I haven't seen it, but it would be interesting to see how this plays on stage. I would think it would be even more vicious. I think the dialogue is pretty incredible.
The setting is tight. 3 acts in one home in one room with 4 characters and a whole lot of alcohol. These people get lit and then they worst side comes out. I might have missed it, but I don't understand why this couple is coming over to Martha and George's house at 2am in the morning. It's never explained to me.
Honey is an innocent and she is put through all this horrible behavior. Martha and George have an unhealthy relationship where they do seem to care about each other some, but they love to eviscerate each other constantly. They play games in front of their company and the games are made up things that will hurt the other person.
The tone is just outright yelling and venom, in my opinion. Nick doesn't know what to make of it all and he ends up being drawn into their games and eventually figures out what is happening. I don't know why Martha would invite people over to be so horrible in front of them. These people seem unhinged to me and need some psychological help or something.
The banter was interesting, but this a play that doesn't really interest me. The characters are complex, but there is no joy or heart or anything that touches me in a story. These people are so out of touch with their emotions, the only way they feel something is by riping into each other. It's an intense play.
I have heard of this famous title and I wanted to give it a try, but it really wasn't so much for me. I'm not sure I'll give Edward Albee another go. There are other stories out there I could enjoy. I just don't like all the squabbling constantly in the story. There are so many other plays out there to read. The 60s were an interesting time and they did some strange things as stories at times. Some I enjoy and some I don't. They were the experimental generation.
The setting is tight. 3 acts in one home in one room with 4 characters and a whole lot of alcohol. These people get lit and then they worst side comes out. I might have missed it, but I don't understand why this couple is coming over to Martha and George's house at 2am in the morning. It's never explained to me.
Honey is an innocent and she is put through all this horrible behavior. Martha and George have an unhealthy relationship where they do seem to care about each other some, but they love to eviscerate each other constantly. They play games in front of their company and the games are made up things that will hurt the other person.
The tone is just outright yelling and venom, in my opinion. Nick doesn't know what to make of it all and he ends up being drawn into their games and eventually figures out what is happening. I don't know why Martha would invite people over to be so horrible in front of them. These people seem unhinged to me and need some psychological help or something.
The banter was interesting, but this a play that doesn't really interest me. The characters are complex, but there is no joy or heart or anything that touches me in a story. These people are so out of touch with their emotions, the only way they feel something is by riping into each other. It's an intense play.
I have heard of this famous title and I wanted to give it a try, but it really wasn't so much for me. I'm not sure I'll give Edward Albee another go. There are other stories out there I could enjoy. I just don't like all the squabbling constantly in the story. There are so many other plays out there to read. The 60s were an interesting time and they did some strange things as stories at times. Some I enjoy and some I don't. They were the experimental generation.
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Reading Progress
October 20, 2019
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Started Reading
October 20, 2019
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November 7, 2019
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1960s
November 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
award-various
November 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
bage-mature
November 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
genre-drama-tragedy
November 7, 2019
– Shelved as:
genre-play-theatre
November 7, 2019
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Finished Reading
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Nov 09, 2019 10:15AM
Like you, Calista, I had heard of this and figured that I would check it out some day. Thanks for the warning. Some things are a big turn off for me and regardless of their writing ability I would rather find a better use for what time I have left. :-)
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Joe wrote: "Like you, Calista, I had heard of this and figured that I would check it out some day. Thanks for the warning. Some things are a big turn off for me and regardless of their writing ability I would ..."I know everyone has their own taste, but I don't like a whole lot of mean bickering in my stories. It tires me out. I feel much the same way. There is so much out there to read, one must choose where to spend the time.
