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Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? A play

Edward Albee

"Twelve times a week," answered Uta Hagen when asked how often she'd like to play Martha in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? In the same way, 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 n...

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Office Ladies

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Office Ladies

The hosts discussed how the classic dinnerparty episode of The Office seemed inspired by Albee's play, noting that the writers confirmed the play was a major influence and that the episode's original working title referenced the play.

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I don't have a dinner party story, but if you're revisiting this episode, can you please discuss the similarities between this and Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

— Episode: Dinner Party Horror Stories

Episode: Dinner Party Horror Stories

The hosts discussed how the classic dinnerparty episode of The Office seemed inspired by Albee's play, noting that the writers confirmed the play was a major influence and that the episode's original working title referenced the play.

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I don't have a dinner party story, but if you're revisiting this episode, can you please discuss the similarities between this and Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

This is my favorite episode, and when it aired, I immediately thought it must have been inspired by that play.

We broke down the dinner party episode originally, writer Gene Stepnitsky said that the play was a big inspiration, and writer Lee Eisenberg shared that, in fact, the original title for the episode was Who's Afraid of Jan Levinson Gould?

Episode: Second Drink: Dinner Party

They said the episode's inspiration was the Edward Albee play and noted the famous film version starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.

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Gene told me that the inspiration for this episode was the Edward Albee play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Now, if you guys don't know this play, it is amazing. And it is about a crazy older married couple who invites a younger couple from their work over for a dinner party. And it's just this insane evening. There's a movie version starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton that is crazy good.

The Rewatchables

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The Rewatchables

The hosts cited it as another example of an excellent play that has been successfully turned into a film.

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I think that it is very clearly on the shortlist of like 12 Angry Men and A Streetcar Named Desire and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in terms of the best filmed plays, right?

— Episode: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ With Chris Ryan an...

Episode: ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ With Chris Ryan and Sean Fen...

The hosts cited it as another example of an excellent play that has been successfully turned into a film.

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I think that it is very clearly on the shortlist of like 12 Angry Men and A Streetcar Named Desire and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in terms of the best filmed plays, right?

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

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Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang

Drew drew inspiration from this play for his own work, 'Bright Colors and Bold Patterns', citing a desire to write a similar style of character and story.

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I love 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?', I love, you know, the big drunk, I'm gonna tell you the truth that August Osage County, I love that stuff and I'm like I want to write that part for myself.

— Episode: "Let's Call It A Play!" (w/ Drew Droege)

Episode: "Let's Call It A Play!" (w/ Drew Droege)

Drew drew inspiration from this play for his own work, 'Bright Colors and Bold Patterns', citing a desire to write a similar style of character and story.

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I love 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?', I love, you know, the big drunk, I'm gonna tell you the truth that August Osage County, I love that stuff and I'm like I want to write that part for myself.

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