Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
/ˌhuːz əˌfreɪd əv vəˌdʒɪniə ˈwʊlf/
/ˌhuːz əˌfreɪd əv vərˌdʒɪniə ˈwʊlf/
- the best-known play (1962) by the US writer Edward Albee. It is about a college teacher and his wife who constantly argue and play cruel games with each other and a younger couple who visit them. In the film version (1966) the older couple were played by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?