When middle-aged Martha and her husband George are joined by the younger Nick and Honey for late-night drinks after a party, the stage is set for a night of drunken recriminations and revelations. Battle-lines are drawn as Martha and George drag their guests into their own private hell of a marriage.
Edward Albee was born on 12th March 1928. He was adopted by Reed and Frances Albee at the age of eighteen days. Reed Albee was the heir to a vaudeville empire. In 1949 he moved to Greenwich Village and became involved in the artistic scene there. He has received three Pulitzer prizes for drama and in 2005 received a special Tony Lifetime Achievement Award.
An intensity, a demoniac misery, a ferocious humour...no one can
remain indifferent to its power, its resilience of ideas and its
range of language
*Sunday Times*
Deliciously toxic, acidly funny
*Washington Post*
There is a great sense of danger in Edward's work, and you never
quite know what's going to happen next... I think what is one of
the most pronounced ingredients in his work is mischief
*Harold Pinter*
Scorching and exhilarating
*New York Post*
The verbal sparring and violence of Albee's early masterpiece
remain astonishing, even frightening, yet bitterly, horribly
funny...a classic play
*The Times*
|
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
