Classics @ Scranton: "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Join us to discuss a great classic of world literature! Our September 2022 selection will be the classic 1962 play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee.

“Twelve times a week,” answered Uta Hagen, when asked how often she’d like to play Martha in this drama. Like her, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee’s masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games. By the evening’s end, a stunning, almost unbearable revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play’s razor-sharp dialogue and the stripping away of social pretense, Newsweek rightly foresaw Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as “a brilliantly original work of art—an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire [that] will be igniting Broadway for some time to come.”

Please call the library at (203) 245‑7365 if you wish to place a hold on a copy of the play. Sign up below to join in the conversation!