{"product_id":"edward-albees-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-9781138097421","title":"Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bennett Michael Y.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Routledge\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdward Albee's \u003cem\u003eWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?\u003c\/em\u003e shocked audiences and critics alike with its assault on decorum. At base though, the play is simply a love story: an examination of a long-wedded life, filled with the hopes, dreams, disappointments, and pain that accompany the passing of many years together. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile the ethos of the play is tragicomic, it is the anachronistic, melodramatic secret object--the nonexistent \"son\"--that upends the audience's sense of theatrical normalcy. The mean and vulgar bile spewed among the characters hides these elements, making it feel like something entirely \"new.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Michael Y. Bennett reveals, the play is the same emperor, just wearing new clothes. In short, it is straight out of the grand tradition of living room drama: Ibsen, Chekhov, Glaspell, Hellmann, O'Neill, Wilder, Miller, Williams, and Albee.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Routledge","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47616428474519,"sku":"9781138097421","price":1205.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781138097421.webp?v=1775113322","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/edward-albees-whos-afraid-of-virginia-woolf-9781138097421","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}