When Woolf debuted in 1961, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games. By the evening's end, a stunning revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play's razor-sharp dialogue and the stripping away ...
When Woolf debuted in 1961, audiences and critics alike could not get enough of Edward Albee's masterful play. A dark comedy, it portrays husband and wife George and Martha in a searing night of dangerous fun and games. By the evening's end, a stunning revelation provides a climax that has shocked audiences for years. With the play's razor-sharp dialogue and the stripping away of social pretense, Newsweek keenly foresaw Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as "a brilliantly original work of art-an excoriating theatrical experience, surging with shocks of recognition and dramatic fire that will be igniting Broadway for some time to come."
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Martha: [To Nick, now; earnestly] There is only one man in my life who has ever…made me happy. Do you know that? One!
Nick: The…the what-do-you-call-it?…uh…the lawn mower, or something?
Martha: No; I’d forgotten him. But when I think about him and me it’s almost like being a voyeur. Hush. No; I didn’t mean him; I meant George, of course. [No response from Nick.] Uh…George; my husband.
Nick [disbelieving]: You’re kidding.
Martha: Am I?
Nick: You must be. Him?
Martha: Him.
Nick [as if in on a joke]: Sure; sure.
Martha: You don’t believe it.
Nick [mocking]: Why, of course I do.
Martha: You always deal in appearances?
Nick [derisively]: Oh, for God’s sake….
Martha: … George who is out somewhere there in the dark… George who is good to me, and whom I revile; who understand me, and whom I push o... (查看原文)
MARTHA
George who is good to me, and whom I revile; who understands me, and whom I push off; who can make me laugh, and I choke it back in my throat; who can hold me, at night, so that it's warm, and whom I will bite so there's blood; who keeps learning the games we play as quickly as I can change the rules; who can make me happy and I do not wish to be happy, and yes I do wish to be happy. George and Martha, sad, sad, sad.
... whom I will not forgive for having come to rest; for having seen me and having said: yes, this will do; who has made the hideous, the hurting, the insulting mistake of loving me and must be punished for it. George and Martha, sad, sad, sad.
... who tolerates, which is intolerable; who is kind, which is cruel; who understands, which is beyond comprehension... (查看原文)
9 You bring out the best in me. 世上最深的恨意无非在朝夕相处的两人之间，一边是黑夜里爆炸开的雷声，一边是掩住的耳朵。爱恨至极，就化成一个孩子，我用他嘲笑你懦弱，你用他讽刺我疯魔。G妙语连珠不假，但最好的章节都出自M的独白。作者必然洞悉了婚姻，这种歇斯底里往前倒退几步，温和收敛一点，就是我见。也想起许多其它绝望的人际关系体验，真心仇恨时，就是连月亮都可以为之争吵的。在...9 You bring out the best in me. 世上最深的恨意无非在朝夕相处的两人之间，一边是黑夜里爆炸开的雷声，一边是掩住的耳朵。爱恨至极，就化成一个孩子，我用他嘲笑你懦弱，你用他讽刺我疯魔。G妙语连珠不假，但最好的章节都出自M的独白。作者必然洞悉了婚姻，这种歇斯底里往前倒退几步，温和收敛一点，就是我见。也想起许多其它绝望的人际关系体验，真心仇恨时，就是连月亮都可以为之争吵的。在夜里，谁不被未竟之事久久折磨而嘶吼辗转着。第二层指涉：对混乱无序现实的神话历史化（显微镜，染色体，理性化语言建构抽象/话语权争夺，truth and illusion）终将徒劳失败；贯穿始终的酒饮，如狄奥尼索斯挺身争斗阿波罗；大写必然性与“西方文明”叙述突然出场，叫我想起昆德拉，双重嵌套荒谬。(展开)
"civilised games"; ‘tis the refuge we take when the unreality of the world weighs too heavy on our tiny heads. Relax; sink into it; you’re no better than anybody else; truth and illusion. Who knows th..."civilised games"; ‘tis the refuge we take when the unreality of the world weighs too heavy on our tiny heads. Relax; sink into it; you’re no better than anybody else; truth and illusion. Who knows the difference...but we must carry on as though we did.(展开)
中秋节天上掉月饼的事情没有遇到。但是天上掉下来两张话剧票。 下午上课，老师拿出两张戏票，说是《谁怕弗吉利亚#伍尔夫》（Who is Afraid of Virginia Woolfe），就是今晚7:30, 他自己是去不成了，票有谁要？我是想要，但怕时间赶不及，因戏开演时间是7:30, 我们下课是6:50左...
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40多年前舞台剧，后来改编电影由 elizabeth taylor, richard burton 主演，当时已经很多人说莫名其妙，今天世界变了这么多，大家更只能当它为古董来看待。剧中的中年夫妇，女的是小型私立大学校长（自己开的学校）的女儿，原来希望女婿做教授成功，先升做系主任，以后继承做校...
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第一遍看的时候先看了前两幕，其实感受是有点抓狂的。但是后来知道了这个剧本写作的时间，也渐渐能理解这部作品中一些有某些设定的理由。 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?写于美国冷战时期，而冷战的特点之一就是没有硝烟的战争。这个过程弥漫着一种令人紧张的气氛，生怕下一...
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I remembered that when I first read this novel, I got shocked by the dirty language and the twisted plots and I just can't believe that there could be such a couple antagonizing each other like that and having an so imperfect marriage, but that's the author...
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0 有用 kidultcc 2017-08-28 17:44:46
Virginia Woolf港过，雌雄同体才是伟大的灵魂~
0 有用 Youngerer 2009-11-03 15:27:33
读本子的时候就觉得黯然神伤得不行，看了Boston Publick Theatre 2009年的演出才觉得Albee的伟大。太伤神，太心酸！
3 有用 Pluto&Piaget 2019-08-25 23:11:25
9 You bring out the best in me. 世上最深的恨意无非在朝夕相处的两人之间，一边是黑夜里爆炸开的雷声，一边是掩住的耳朵。爱恨至极，就化成一个孩子，我用他嘲笑你懦弱，你用他讽刺我疯魔。G妙语连珠不假，但最好的章节都出自M的独白。作者必然洞悉了婚姻，这种歇斯底里往前倒退几步，温和收敛一点，就是我见。也想起许多其它绝望的人际关系体验，真心仇恨时，就是连月亮都可以为之争吵的。在... 9 You bring out the best in me. 世上最深的恨意无非在朝夕相处的两人之间，一边是黑夜里爆炸开的雷声，一边是掩住的耳朵。爱恨至极，就化成一个孩子，我用他嘲笑你懦弱，你用他讽刺我疯魔。G妙语连珠不假，但最好的章节都出自M的独白。作者必然洞悉了婚姻，这种歇斯底里往前倒退几步，温和收敛一点，就是我见。也想起许多其它绝望的人际关系体验，真心仇恨时，就是连月亮都可以为之争吵的。在夜里，谁不被未竟之事久久折磨而嘶吼辗转着。第二层指涉：对混乱无序现实的神话历史化（显微镜，染色体，理性化语言建构抽象/话语权争夺，truth and illusion）终将徒劳失败；贯穿始终的酒饮，如狄奥尼索斯挺身争斗阿波罗；大写必然性与“西方文明”叙述突然出场，叫我想起昆德拉，双重嵌套荒谬。 (展开)
0 有用 费德里科维奇 2017-06-02 11:56:04
及不上荒诞派另几位
0 有用 kidpt 2018-07-12 11:07:06
神经病能级很高的一部剧 读了两部Edward Albee后 感觉还是要看现场版布景和洒狗血效果好!
0 有用 Fiat Lux 2024-05-14 23:11:22 上海
冗长，激烈，到最后好疲惫，简直就像从小见识到大的父母吵架，勾起痛苦回忆，唯一不同的是父母之间没有爱，而在这部剧里还能看到两位年长角色之间的微妙情感和对彼此的依赖。他们肯定是爱过的吧，毕竟还创造了一个聊以安慰的儿子，尽管是幻想中的。
0 有用 forastera 2024-03-18 06:05:05 英国
突然想起来之前因为VW看的，但实际上跟VW没有半毛钱关系😂。不过还是很有趣的。
0 有用 薄荷橙子 2024-01-31 21:00:02 北京
"civilised games"; ‘tis the refuge we take when the unreality of the world weighs too heavy on our tiny heads. Relax; sink into it; you’re no better than anybody else; truth and illusion. Who knows th... "civilised games"; ‘tis the refuge we take when the unreality of the world weighs too heavy on our tiny heads. Relax; sink into it; you’re no better than anybody else; truth and illusion. Who knows the difference...but we must carry on as though we did. (展开)
0 有用 星烂 2023-09-03 10:36:13 湖北
George and Martha, sad, sad, sad.
0 有用 雪天去海边 2023-07-16 18:28:30 北京
No marriage