Cocktails with George and Martha : movies, marriage, and the making of Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Central - Adult Nonfiction - NEW | 791.4372 GEFTE | Checked Out | May 14, 2024 |
Aurora Hills - Adult Nonfiction - NEW | 791.4372 GEFTE | Checked Out | May 4, 2024 |
Cherrydale - Adult Nonfiction - NEW | 791.4372 GEFTE | Checked Out | May 14, 2024 |
Westover - Adult Nonfiction - NEW | 791.4372 GEFTE | Checked Out | April 25, 2024 |
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Published
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
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Book
Physical Desc
xvii, 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-325) and index.
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"From its debut in 1962, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a wild success and a cultural lightning rod. The play transpires over one long, boozy night, laying bare the lies, compromises, and scalding love that have sustained a middle-aged couple through decades of marriage. It scandalized critics but magnetized audiences. Across 644 sold-out Broadway performances, the drama demolished the wall between what could and couldn’t be said on the American stage and marked a definitive end to the I Love Lucy 1950s. Then, Hollywood took a colossal gamble on Albee’s sophisticated play--and won. Costarring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the sensational 1966 film minted first-time director Mike Nichols as industry royalty and won five Oscars. How this scorching play became a movie classic--surviving censorship attempts, its director’s inexperience, and its stars’ own tumultuous marriage--is one of the most riveting stories in all of cinema. Now, acclaimed author Philip Gefter tells that story in full for the first time, tracing Woolf from its hushed origins in Greenwich Village’s bohemian enclave, through its tormented production process, to its explosion onto screens across America and a permanent place in the canon of cinematic marriages. This deliciously entertaining book explores how two couples--one fictional, one all too real--forced a nation to confront its most deeply held myths about relationships, sex, family, and, against all odds, love."--,Amazon.com.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gefter, P. (2024). Cocktails with George and Martha: movies, marriage, and the making of Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? . Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gefter, Philip. 2024. Cocktails With George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gefter, Philip. Cocktails With George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gefter, Philip. Cocktails With George and Martha: Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
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