Theatre Royal Bath Productions current Edward Albee’s masterpiece Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? on the Ustinov Studio in Bath from 13 January to 11 February 2023, directed by Lindsay Posner.
The beforehand introduced Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey, Academy Award nominated for Ragtime) will play Martha, alongside Dougray Scott (Enigma, Mission: Impossible 2) as George. They shall be joined by Charles Aitken (RSC’s Coriolanus) as Nick and Gina Bramhill (Being Human) as Honey.
During the course of 1 brutal and hilarious evening, George, a school professor, and his spouse Martha invite a younger couple again for late-night drinks after a school celebration. As the alcohol flows, the friends are coerced into witnessing and collaborating in George and Martha’s sadistic game-playing and vitriolic verbal scrapping which reaches its climax in a momentous revelation.
First staged on Broadway in 1962, Who’s Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? was quickly established as one of many nice performs in post-war American drama, winner of the Tony and Critics’ Circle Awards for Best New Play. Its repute was additional enhanced by Mike Nichols’ multi Academy Award profitable 1966 movie adaptation, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton. Sixty years on from its premiere, it’s now seen as probably the most influential and extremely regarded performs in American literature.
Theatre Royal Bath Productions’ presentation of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee is directed by Lindsay Posner. The Set and Costume Designer is Paul Wills, Lighting Designer is Paul Pyant, Sound Designer is Gregory Clarke, Assistant Director is George Jibson, Casting Director is Ginny Schiller, Movement and Fight Director is Ruth Cooper-Brown and Dialect Coach is Michaela Kennen.