The Merriam-Webster Encyclopedia of Literature:
Play in three acts by Edward Albee, published and produced in 1962. The action takes place in the living room of a middle-aged couple, George and Martha, who have come home from a faculty party drunk and quarrelsome. When Nick, a young biology professor, and his strange wife Honey stop by for a nightcap, they are enlisted as fellow fighters, and the battle begins. A long night of malicious games, insults, humiliations, betrayals, painful confrontations, and savage witticisms ensues. The secrets of both couples are laid bare and illusions are viciously exposed. When, in a climactic moment, George decides to "kill" the son they have invented to compensate for their childlessness, George and Martha finally face the truth and, in a quiet ending to a noisy play, stand together against the world, sharing their sorrow.


I bought this for my literature class at the business school, but never got around to reading it. Now is the time.

I think the above description from Merriam-Webster is quite good actually and don't know what more to add...

I'm looking forward to seeing the play soon. I just wish I knew where the song "Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf" came from.

Lending this one to Majosim. Enjoy!

Got it from tutmarie so I can read it before we are going to see the play at a Danish theatre in a week or so.
So it will be one more classic read!
Thanks lovely tutmarie!

What a night!

Finished it yesterday. Thanks tutmarie for lending it to me.
I look forward to seing the play soon.

March 04 2004: Yesterday, tutmarie and I went to the theatre and saw the play. A Danish version but with an american instructor. A very funny and ironic play but also a very tragic and sad one. Played very expressively by the danish actors.

You're welcome, my darling!

Left on the newspaper stand by the entrance. Happy reading!