George is an associate professor of history, and his wife Martha is the daughter of the president of the college where George teaches. After they return home from a faculty party, Martha reveals she has invited a yo… See more

Albee has said that the title of the play "means who's afraid of the big bad wolf ... who's afraid of living life without false illusions." Albee's interest in the theme of reality versus illusion is expressed in a number of … See more

The play's title alludes to the English novelist Virginia Woolf. She died by suicide at age 59 in 1941. She left behind a note in which she expressed love for her husband Leonard Woolf and sorrow for the anguish she was ca… See more

The print edition of the play was published in 1962 and was one of the early releases of Atheneum Books. It sold over 70,000 copies in hard and soft cover editions.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? opened on Broadway at … See more

In 2018 the Elevator Repair Service premiered a sequel written by Kate Scelsa, titled Everyone's Fine with Virginia Woolf. This play introduces new plot elements such as vampirism.
Multiple tel… See more