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ITS TIME HAS COME `VIRGINIA WOOLF' IS BACK, AND WHAT WAS ONCE SHOCKING NOW SIMPLY SEEMS CONTEMPORARY

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From: The Boston Globe
Date: 20050206
Author:Catherine Foster, Globe Staff

In 1962, with the Cuban missile crisis looming, a play about a ferociously discordant couple crept onto the Broadway stage. The backers were so worried about this play, filled with bile and profanities, that they did no out-of-town tryouts. They opened right on Broadway, halved the price of the preview tickets, and hoped for the best, according to "Edward Albee: A Singular Journey," by Mel Gussow.

They needn't have worried. "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" was an instant hit. It won five Tonys, including one for best play, and shot Edward Albee into the ranks of major American playwrights. ...

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