Cocktails With George and Martha : : Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Prologue -- The college of complexes -- Marquee dreams -- Wild applause -- Hollywood bound -- If you give me chocolate, I'll give you flowers -- Flies in the ointment -- The most famous couple in the world -- The art of filmmaking -- Those damned guests -- The producer's other cheek -- Getting to the marrow -- Labor pains -- Edward Albee and Mike Nichols dance the watusi -- Marriage in relief: an epilogue.
An award-winning author presents the history and impact of both the theatrical and cinematic versions of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and how it forced audiences to confront deeply-held concepts about relationships, sex and family.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024.
Year Published: 2024
Description: 346 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781635579628
1635579627
SUBJECTS
Nichols, Mike.
Albee, Edward, -- 1928-2016.
Taylor, Elizabeth, -- 1932-2011.
Burton, Richard, -- 1925-1984.
Segal, George.
Dennis, Sandy, -- 1937-1992.
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Motion picture)
Marriage in motion pictures -- History and criticism.