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Cocktails with George and Martha

Movies, Marriage, and the Making of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

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De: Philip Gefter
Narrado por: Alexa Morden
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Bloomsbury presents Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter, read by Alexa Morden.

"Very smart and entertaining . . . dishy-yet-earnest . . . Gefter shows why Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? hit the ‘60s like a torpedo."—NPR, Fresh Air

“Raucous, unpredictable, wild, and affecting.”—Entertainment Weekly

An award-winning writer reveals the behind-the-scenes story of the provocative play, the groundbreaking film it became, and how two iconic stars changed the image of marriage forever.

From its debut in 1962, Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? was a wild success and a cultural lightning rod. The play transpires over one long, boozy night, laying bare the lies, compromises, and scalding love that have sustained a middle-aged couple through decades of marriage. It scandalized critics but magnetized audiences. Across 644 sold-out Broadway performances, the drama demolished the wall between what could and couldn’t be said on the American stage and marked a definitive end to the I Love Lucy 1950s.

Then, Hollywood took a colossal gamble on Albee’s sophisticated play—and won. Costarring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the sensational 1966 film minted first-time director Mike Nichols as industry royalty and won five Oscars. How this scorching play became a movie classic—surviving censorship attempts, its director’s inexperience, and its stars’ own tumultuous marriage—is one of the most riveting stories in all of cinema.

Now, acclaimed author Philip Gefter tells that story in full for the first time, tracing Woolf from its hushed origins in Greenwich Village’s bohemian enclave, through its tormented production process, to its explosion onto screens across America and a permanent place in the canon of cinematic marriages. This deliciously entertaining book explores how two couples—one fictional, one all too real—forced a nation to confront its most deeply held myths about relationships, sex, family, and, against all odds, love.©2024 Philip Gefter (P)2024 Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Most of the material in this book is available elsewhere. If you've read the Albee bios there isn't much in here to add to that. There's a lot of filler at the end as well.

not that insightful

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Fascinating insights into the stage and film productions of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf. However, the narration is marred by a myriad of mispronounced names and words. The author should know that Camelot, starring Richard Burton, was from Lerner and Lowe and not Rodger’s and Hammerstein; and it’s The Lion in winter, not The Lion in THE Winter. Audible editors need to do better.

Clever analysis

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This book is definately for the curious mind. I thought the narration was great. The events explain pivitol events in theater that led to other changes and conditions in society. I don't know who wouldn't find this fascinating. I haven't seen the movie or the play. But the book itself sheds a lot of insight as to the change of tides and dynamics of social intercourse. The power of theater. And inconvenient truths. Very well written. I learned something from this reading. Homophobia is known about. On the other side of that is Heterophobia. Growing up in a traumatic childhood setting with trauma, could cause this to be an issue with a lot of people. The trauma doesn't have to be overt. It can be covert. Neglect is covert abuse.

Theater and Cultural History. Very Interesting.

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Loved the rich details and history. The reader’s odd pronunciation and stresses detracted, but only slightly.

Excellent book, irritating reader

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The reader mispronounces so many words, it’s exasperating, but she nevertheless gives an excellent performance. No sing song here, she’s really good, has lively energy and makes it interesting.

Absorbing, detailed, well written

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Couldn’t stop listening to this well researched, astutely observed and wonderfully well written work. Not only does it take a deep dive into the Hollywood sausage factory at a pivotal time in the culture, but it captures the culture—the one we used to share before today’s Balkanization, as Gefter notes, and a circle of gods we all used to admire and or concern ourselves with. It is ancient history brought beautifully to life. I’m left with the image of Richard Burton driving Elizabeth Taylor in the Rolls Royce she bought for Eddie Fisher that always brings a smile.

A Rollicking Good Tale

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As to the level of detail, think of Farley Mowatt analyzing wolf scats in the Keewatin pine barrens. It’s a meticulous look, but evocative, true to the craft of amorous relationships (and their exposition), and highly entertaining.

If you are thinking of — or involved in — marriage, read this

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Deep background on the playwright, the director, the producer, the performers, the machinations of Hollywood and moviemaking and especially the iconic impact of a remarkable play and movie. Some annoying mispronunciations of words but did not detract too much from my enjoyment.

Well-researched, scholarly, entertaining

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Bless her heart, but the narrator mispronounced numerous words and names throughout. The book itself was strong.

Strong book. Not great narrator.

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Often, these readers mispronounce the simplest words and get titles wrong.
“The Lion in Winter” is “the lion in the winter”,,.
But that is minor. I appreciate not being fed precis of, to me, famous people, the way some recent non-fiction does.
The gossip is terrif, (straight from the producer) and the writing is clear and erudite without striving.
This writer loved the subject and she or he has done the reader a great service.

Writer had a point of view and carried it out.

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