Edward-Albee

adramatistofTheatreoftheAbsurdAmericanplaywrightEdwardAlbeeisoneoftheleadingdramatistsofhisgeneration.MuchofhismostcharacteristicworkisanabsurdistcommentaryonAmericanlife.+BornonMarch12,1928inWashington,DC.+AdoptedininfancybymillionaireReedAlbee+Inhisadoptivefather’stheatreEdwardfirstgainedfamiliaritywiththetheatreasachild+At20,heleftTrinityCollegeandmovedtoNewYorktopursuehiswritingcareer+servingasadistinguishedprofessorattheUniversityofHoustonfrom1989to2003.+Pulitzer(3);TonyAward(LifetimeAchievement);NationalMedalofArts+TheZooStory(1958)+TheSandbox(1959)+TheAmericanDream(1960)+Who'sAfraidofVirginiaWoolf?(1961-62,TonyAward,GrammyAward)+ADelicateBalance(1966)PulitzerPrize+Seascape(1974)PulitzerPrize+ThreeTallWomen(1990-91)PulitzerPrize+TheGoatorWhoisSylvia?(2000,TonyAward)ThisbookwasgenerallyregardedasEdwardAlbee’sfinestplay,presentsanall-nightdrinkingboutinwhichamiddle-agedprofessorandhiswifeverballylacerateeachotherinbrilliantcolloquiallanguage.George:ahistoryprofessorMartha:thedaughterofthepresidentofthecollegeNick:abiologyprofessorHoney:Nick’wifewhoinheritsagreatfortune+Theideafortheplay'stitlecametoAlbeefromalineofgraffitihesawscrawledonamirrorinabar.+“Andofcourse,who'safraidofVirginiaWoolfmeanswho'safraidofthebigbadwolf...who'safraidoflivinglifewithoutfalseillusions.Anditdidstrikemeasbeingarathertypical,universityintellectualjoke.”—EdwardAlbee关于剧名，据作者称，“弗尼吉亚·沃尔夫”指的是大灰狼，也就是赤裸裸的真实，没有丝毫幻想的，可怕的真实。因此剧名的含义就是谁害怕没有幻想的真实。也有评论家指出，剧中的弗尼吉亚·沃尔夫很像美国著名卡通画家沃尔特·迪斯尼笔下那只贪婪、邪恶的大灰狼，他在剧中象征着潜伏在个人意识中的神秘力量。+TheproblemsthatobsessthemodernAmericanfamily.+TheconflictbetweenscienceandhumanismrepresentedbyNikeandGeorge.Theterm“TheatreoftheAbsurd”wascoinedbythecriticMartinEsslin,referstotheworkofalooselyassociatedgroupofdramatistswhofirstemergedduringandafterWorldWarII.TheatreoftheAbsurd,inasense,attemptstoreestablishman’scommunionwiththeuniverse.SamuelBeckett,ArthurAdamov,EugèneIonesco,andJeanGenetaretheprimaryplaywrightsoftheabsurd.horrificortragicimages;characterscaughtinhopelesssituationsforcedtodorepetitiveormeaninglessactions;dialoguefullofwordplayandnonsense;plotsthatarecyclicalorabsurdlyexpansive;eitheraparodyordismissalofrealismandtheconceptofthewell-madeplay.