who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.
who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.
ILuv2shop531
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/07
#1who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.
Posted: 11/11/07 at 11:33amThe theater group I am in is doing a production of Virginia woolf. I am not in it, as i am a teenager but am contemplating if i should see it today. Is the show understandable for a 17 year old? I do have a very big appreciation for all kinds of shows but i do not want to be bored. So would anyone be able to clarify for me, i mean is it honestly appropriate for my age? As i said above, I am 17. Thanks in advance for any help.
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.
Posted: 11/11/07 at 11:46amI was probably 12 or 13 when I first saw the classic film (the screenplay of which is about 98% the same of the play text) version with Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton and thought is was absolutely brilliant. There's nothing difficult to understand in it, regardless of age. There are two couples -- an older maniplative one and a younger, more naive one and during one long drunken night we watch the older one abuse, seduce and play games with the younger one and over the course of a long night into day, we see certain revelations about all four of them come to light. Very intense and powerful stuff. I don't know why any mature 17 year old (or 12 year old for that matter) wouldn't find it quite entertaining.
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#2re: who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.
Posted: 11/11/07 at 12:13pm
ILuv2shop531----Are your George and Martha 17 as well?
I may have to fly in for that.
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ILuv2shop531
Broadway Star Joined: 7/12/07
#3re: who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.
Posted: 11/11/07 at 12:20pmno, ha ha. The show has adults in it, i have worked with most in other shows.
#5re: who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.
Posted: 11/11/07 at 1:30pm
I was 16 when I saw it.
Didn't enjoy it but then plays arn't really my thing.
Ed_Mottershead
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/20/05
#6re: who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.
Posted: 11/11/07 at 2:19pmI was 17 when I saw the original cast in 1963. I was mesmerized, although I didn't fully understand it. Times have changed since then and young people aren't as naive as they were during the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations -- I think you'll be fine with it.
BroadwayEd
#7re: who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.
Posted: 11/11/07 at 4:55pm
If you are interested in serious theater you owe it to yourself to see this play, one of the greatest of the 20th century.
If it is well performed you wil most certainly not be bored.
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ashbash1990
Broadway Star Joined: 10/15/06
#8re: who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.
Posted: 11/11/07 at 6:41pmsaw the tour in the spring, i was 16, and I understood it fine... its a great play...
What a night! I was in more laps than a napkin!
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