Cocktails with George and Martha

2024-02-13 Performing Arts

Author : Philip Gefter
Release : 2024-02-13
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 635/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Cocktails with George and Martha written by Philip Gefter. This book was released on 2024-02-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Summary of Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter:The Prequel to We Were Liars

2024-04-30 Biography & Autobiography

Author : thomas francis
Release : 2024-04-30
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Summary of Cocktails with George and Martha by Philip Gefter:The Prequel to We Were Liars written by thomas francis. This book was released on 2024-04-30. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cocktails with George and Martha Edward Albee's 1966 movie, "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" embarks on a nighttime journey of taunts and challenges, marked by intense peaks and tender moments. The film commences with the return of George and Martha, a married couple, after a late-night gathering. Martha, portrayed by Elizabeth Taylor, casually dismisses the event as a "DumP," before abruptly turning towards George, played by Richard Burton. Martha believes she's mimicking Bette Davis's performance in a "goddamn Warner Brothers epic," yet her delivery lacks Davis's usual precise enunciation; it's a fleeting remark, devoid of Hollywood diva flair. In the original 1962 stage production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," actress Uta Hagen meticulously articulated the line, surpassing even Davis herself.

Cocktails with George and Martha

2024-04-04 Performing Arts

Author : Philip Gefter
Release : 2024-04-04
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 740/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Cocktails with George and Martha written by Philip Gefter. This book was released on 2024-04-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Terrific! With a dynamically deft touch, Philip Gefter chronicles how a uniquely volatile mix of timing, talent, pressure, and passion turned a landscape-altering play into a cinematic detonation. Savor this juicy bit of time travel, because we'll never see the likes of these people and these circumstances again' Steven Soderbergh 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 scandalised critics but magnetised audiences. Then, Hollywood took a colossal gamble on Albee's sophisticated play and won. Co-starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the sensational 1966 film won five Oscars. How this scorching play became a movie classic-surviving censorship attempts, its creators' inexperience, and its stars' own tumultuous marriage, is one of the most riveting stories in all of cinema. Acclaimed author Philip Gefter traces Woolf from its hushed origins in Greenwich Village, through its tormented production process, to its explosion onto screens and permanent place in the canon of cinematic marriages. He explores how two couples - one fictional, one all too real - brought to light our most deeply held myths about relationships, sex, family, and, against all odds, love.

Midcentury Cocktails

2022-11-01 Cooking

Author : Cecelia Tichi
Release : 2022-11-01
Genre : Cooking
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Book Rating : 663/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Midcentury Cocktails written by Cecelia Tichi. This book was released on 2022-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A delightful history of cocktails from the era of new interstate highways, sprouting suburbs, and atomic engineering America at midcentury was a nation on the move, taking to wings and wheels along the new interstate highways and in passenger jets that soared to thirty thousand feet. Anxieties rippled, but this new Atomic Age promised cheap power and future wonders, while the hallmark of the era was the pleasure of an evening imbibing cocktails in mixed company, a middle-class idea of sophisticated leisure. This new age, stretching from the post–World War II baby boom years through the presidency of General Dwight Eisenhower into the increasingly volatile mid-1960s, promised affordable homes for those who had never dreamed of owning property and an array of gleaming appliances to fill them. For many, this was America at its best—innovation, style, and the freedom to enjoy oneself—and the spirit of this time is reflected in the whimsical cocktails that rose to prominence: tiki drinks, Moscow mules, Sea Breezes, Pina Coladas, Pink Squirrels, and Sloe Gin Fizzes. Of course, not everyone was invited to the party. Though the drinks were getting sweeter, the racial divide was getting more bitter—Black Americans in search of a drink, entertainment, or a hotel room had to depend on the Green Book for advice on places where they would be welcome and safe. And the Cold War and Space Race proceeded ominously throughout this period, as technological advances alternately thrilled and terrified. The third installment in Cecelia Tichi’s tour of the cocktails enjoyed in various historical eras, Midcentury Cocktails brings a time of limitless possibilities to life though the cocktails created, named, and consumed.

George and Martha

2007 Juvenile Fiction

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Release : 2007
Genre : Juvenile Fiction
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Book Rating : 317/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book George and Martha written by . This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers will delight in James Marshall's award-winning classic tales of George and Martha--two beloved, wise, and hilarious hippos! Story Number One: Split Pea Soup Oh, no! Martha made split pea soup again! How can George tell Martha that he hates split pea soup without hurting her feelings? Story Number Two: The Flying Machine When George's flight does not go as planned, Martha knows just the right thing to say.

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