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Martha: Oh, I like your anger. I think that's what I like about you most. Your anger.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

I have a fine sense of the ridiculous, but no sense of humor.

What could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it

In my mind, Martha, you are buried in cement right up to your neck. No… right up to your nose… that’...

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If you spend a hundred bucks, or more, to go to the theatre, something should happen to you. Maybe s...

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Martha: Truth or illusion, George; you don't know the difference.George: No, but we must carry on as...

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

I said I was impressed, Martha. I'm beside myself with jealousy. What do you want me to do, throw up...

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

George, who is out somewhere there in the dark, who is good to me - whom I revile, who can keep lear...

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Knowing it--knowing it's true is one thing, but believing what you know... well, there's the tough p...

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If you spend a hundred bucks, or more, to go to the theatre, something should happen to you. Maybe s...

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Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad ...

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I am not interested in living in a city where there isn't a production by Samuel Beckett running.

I write to find out what I'm talking about.

To all of you who have made my being alive so wonderful, so exciting and so full, my thanks and all ...

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A play is fiction - and fiction is fact distilled into truth.

... what I wanted to get at is the value difference between pornographic playing cards when you're a...

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The American Dream & The Zoo Story

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Edward Albee

Playwright

Born: 1928-03-12

Died: 2016-09-16

Edward Albee (March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright, known for works including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, The Zoo Story, The Sandbox and The American Dream.More