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Profile: Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

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From: Morning Edition (NPR)
Date: 20050318
Author:STEVE INSKEEP

STEVE INSKEEP
Morning Edition (NPR)
03-18-2005
Profile: Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

Host: STEVE INSKEEP
Time: 11:00 AM-12:00 Noon

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This weekend, the play "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" returns to Broadway 43 years after it electrified audiences there for the first time. This one work is widely credited with changing the direction of American theater. In 1962, Edward Albee's ruthless examination of a marriage brought some harsh reviews. One review said it was `for dirty-minded females only,' while another called the play `a sick play for sick ...

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