Albee, Edward: 1928 - 2016

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1962 - What Is the Play about?

  • Author SwissEduc received from Mr. Albee the following letter, dated October 12, 1999.

    letter

    Dear Mr. Fischer:

    While Who's Afraid of Vriginia Woolf is mainly about the need to rid ourselves of flase illusions in order to deal honorably with one another it is also - in a very indirect way - about the failure of the U.S. in living up to the reality demands of a great (or potentially great) nastion. We "illusion" ourselvers that we are living up to our potential as a great revolutionary society.

    However - calling them George and Matha was nothing more than an idea.

    Regards,
    Edward Albee