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Article: A sobering look at 'Woolf's' dysfunction
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- Daily Breeze
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- October 9, 2009
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By Jeff Favre
Suzanne Dean and Matthew Brenher spent Saturday afternoon
discussing alcohol - or more to the point, they chatted about the
effects of consuming copious amounts of booze.
And then the pair vivisected each other until their innermost
emotions were exposed to the world.
Rehearsals for any play can be strenuous, but there's no respite
for those who tackle the 20th century's most famous carping couple -
George and Martha from Edward Albee's "Who's Afraid of Virginia
Woolf?"
Albee's masterpiece premiered on Broadway 47 years ago this week,
where it ran for 664 performances and picked up a Tony Award. It was
denied a Pulitzer Prize for drama because it was deemed profane by
the ...