Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Edward Albee

Signed by Albee at title page. Paperback, New American Library edition, tenth printing. Published by New American Library in 2006. Near fine.

In this play, a middle-aged professor, his wife, and a younger couple engage one night in an unrestrained drinking bout filled with malicious games, insults, humiliations, betrayals, savage witticisms, and painful, self-revealing confrontations. It won immediate acclaim and established Albee as a major American playwright.

Edward Albee (1928-2016) was an American dramatist and theatrical producer, best known for his play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Wolf? He was awarded Pulitzer Prizes for his works including A Delicate Balance, Three Tall Women, and Seascape. He won Tony awards for his works, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? He also received a Grammy Award in 1963 for Best Spoken Word Album.