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

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