Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
#1Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/13/12 at 4:22pmSaw the show last week and loved it, but was wondering if there might be a reason none of the characters ever mention his name.
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#2Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/13/12 at 4:44pmHoney's name is never spoken either. And Honey isn't her name, it's just the standard, ubiquitous appellation she's referred to by her husband.
#2Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/13/12 at 4:47pmThank you, Owen22! I was always wondering about Honey's name.
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#3Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/13/12 at 5:47pmNick is only referred to by his also nameless wife as "Dear," which is how Albee wanted the character listed but the producers objected so he just picked the generic male name "Nick."
#4Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/13/12 at 8:02pmNick doesn't matter as a person. He's just houseboy or stud.
Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....
#5Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/13/12 at 10:13pmIs it time to play Hump the Hostess yet?
#6Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/13/12 at 10:15pmI really wish their names were "Honey" and "Dear."
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#7Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/13/12 at 10:31pmOr Honey Boo Boo Child.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
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#8Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/14/12 at 4:33pmActually, that was the name Albee intended for George and Martha's blond-eyed, blue-haired son. The producers said no. Albee almost had to sue Mart Crowley to keep him from using the name for the "Cowboy" character in THE BOYS IN THE BAND.
Well-well-well-what-do-you-think-of-that-I-have-nothing-here-to-pay-my-train-fare-with-only-large-bills-fives-and-sevens....
#9Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/15/12 at 8:20am
best12: As do I. Why would the producers object? They put on the play, which was "taboo" in 1962. Who cares about an effing name?
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#10Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/15/12 at 10:56amI'm wondering the same thing, jv92.
#11Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/15/12 at 12:03pmI had the same thought. There's so much else in the play for a 60s producer to fret about.
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#12Virginia Woolf - Is There a Reason Nick's Name is Never Spoken?
Posted: 10/15/12 at 12:33pmIt makes sense for George and Martha to not call Nick by his name and for Honey to call him "Dear". There is no one left to call him Nick.
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