TY - BOOK AU - Gefter,Philip TI - Cocktails with George and Martha: movies, marriage, and the making of Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? SN - 9781635579628 PY - 2024/// CY - New York PB - Bloomsbury Publishing KW - Nichols, Mike. KW - Albee, Edward, KW - Taylor, Elizabeth, KW - Burton, Richard, KW - Segal, George. KW - Dennis, Sandy, KW - Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? (Motion picture) KW - Marriage in motion pictures KW - History and criticism N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 292-325) and index; Prologue -- The college of complexes -- Marquee dreams -- Wild applause -- Hollywood bound -- If you give me chocolate, I'll give you flowers -- Flies in the ointment -- The most famous couple in the world -- The art of filmmaking -- Those damned guests -- The producer's other cheek -- Getting to the marrow -- Labor pains -- Edward Albee and Mike Nichols dance the watusi -- Marriage in relief: an epilogue N2 - An award-winning author presents the history and impact of both the theatrical and cinematic versions of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and how it forced audiences to confront deeply-held concepts about relationships, sex and family ER -