Monday, October 22, 2012

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf

I really enjoyed this play. I think Albee did an excellent job shaping the characters and structuring the story. Within the first few pages of the play I could tell that some crazy stuff was going to happen, and I was hooked. I loved the relationship between George and Martha, as heartbreaking as it was. It was funny but also very sad too see the two of them trying to hard to hurt each other. They reminded me of birds just pecking at each other. I think the play was the perfect mix of funny and sad, it did a remarkable job walking that fine line. It was obvious that they deeply cared for one another but they were very hurt. I thought it was brilliant the way George and Martha manipulated each other as well as Nick and Honey. All the characters seemed a little bit crazy but I found that very relatable because honestly, who isn't a little bit crazy?  I can not wait to see a performance of this show. Its one living room drama I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall for. I was also really excited that Uta Hagen had been in the original cast because I am a big fan. I wish I could have seen this show with the original cast, I also would have loved to see Elaine Stritch in it.

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