You'd hardly know the story as originally told only had one setting. The action of the film moved effortlessly to an all night diner at one point with some stops along the way. It adapted very well and went quite beyond one stage. Of course what was not clear was how well a one stage play would adapt to film. This film was destined to make money when the most publicized couple of the decade, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, chose it as a star vehicle for themselves. All eminently respectable players, but none of them exactly movie box office. The Broadway play was set entirely in the living room of George and Martha's home and starred Uta Hagen, Arthur Hill, Melinda Dillon, and George Grizzard. Edward Albee's award winning play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ran for 664 performances on Broadway and just closed down when this film version made its debut in 1966.
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