Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf?: Edward Albee, en España, y su posterior influencia en el teatro de Alfonso Paso

Abstract

Edward Albce's Who's A/raid of I irginio ll'oolf/ (1962) is. without any doubt. one of thc most significant American dramas of (he 1960s. The fame of Albee's highlv controversial plav soon reachcd Spain. for a Spanish versión of it v\as successfulh presented in Madrid in 1966. An unexpected conscquence of thc play's sudden popularitv was the inílucncc it exertcd on the drainatic works of Spanish playwright Alfonso Paso This paper studies the way in uhich ll'ho's Afraicl of I irginia WoolJ?'s Spanish adaptation was received by theatre audicnces and critics. as wcll as its subscquent incidence on Paso's work