who's afraid of virginia woolf? question.

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 11/11/07 at 11:33am

The 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]

Posted: 11/11/07 at 11:46am

I 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.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/11/07 at 12:13pm

ILuv2shop531----Are your George and Martha 17 as well?

I may have to fly in for that.

Updated On: 11/11/07 at 12:13 PM

[ILuv2shop531]

Posted: 11/11/07 at 12:20pm

no, ha ha. The show has adults in it, i have worked with most in other shows.

[Mark_E]

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]

Posted: 11/11/07 at 2:19pm

I 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.

[frontrowcentre2]

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.

[ashbash1990]

Posted: 11/11/07 at 6:41pm

saw the tour in the spring, i was 16, and I understood it fine... its a great play...