The answer is that much as Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? isn’t solely about a marriage, Cocktails with George and Martha isn’t just about the making of a film.

A turntable centre stage renders George and Martha’s living room a merry-go-round of marital hell – it’s a nifty bit of symbolism that helps keep Woolf ’s visual world alive.

In this article: canadian stage, Drama, edward albee, Hailey Gillis, Mac Fyfe, Martha Burns, paul gross, Rylan Wilkie, who's afraid of Virginia Woolf Written By Sarah Gopaul ...

TORONTO - Being married is not a prerequisite to portraying the tortured couples at the heart of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” but Paul Gross and Martha Burns certainly see ...

Paul Gross and Martha Burns are photographed as they prepare for the opening of The Canadian Stage Company’s production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” in Toronto, on Wednesday, Jan ...

Similarly, George and Martha are aged 10 years to better match the silver-haired Gross and Martha, whose banter with the younger couple simmers with intergenerational hostility. Fyfe, whose stage ...