"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Original Broadway cast - Opening scene part 2

This is the opening scene from Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? starring Uta Hagen, Arthur Hill, Melinda Dillon and George Grizzard. This is from the original Broadway Cast Recording.

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[petersjj]

This recording is amazing. Uta Hagen is the greatest. I love her.  Please post more!

[wlhardy]

I think Liz did as good a job in the movie as Uta did on Broadway but I like Burton better than Hill.

[poetcomic1]

Hill sounds like Carl Reiner doing Alan Brady on the Dick Van Dyke Show. Uta is in the role all the way and gives all.

[poetcomic1]

Hill sounds like Carl Riener doing Alan Brady on the Dick Van Dyke Show. Uta is in the role all the way and gives all.

[patnstephen2]

I take class in NYC from Austin Pendleton - one of Uta's students for years - He teaches her methods and tells us the history of working with her at HB. She was amazing, even in audio her power comes across because she always gave us more things to feel than things to see. AMAZING!

[9raider]

SHE IS FLAWLESS!!! NATURAL! Martha is real!

[swannavon]

Hill sounds a little like a radio announcer.

[rbeattie123]

I've always regretted missing the OB Cast of this show. I love the movie, but Uta Hagen created this role. You can hear echoes of her in Taylor's performance. Hill sounds like he's performing on a radio comedy, and I prefer Burton's interpretation.

[mybreathinbreathout]

Uta Hagen was like a semi-enlightened person in the theatre world. Her insights in her teaching were experienced directly in her performance by the attentive audience.

I can't believe no one filmed her performances. What were they thinking? 

[conewells]

Uta Hagen was one of those very RARE acting teachers who could back up her teaching with her amazing acting skill. The term "those who can't, teach." does NOT apply to Uta, obviously. And I can't believe that no one bothered to preserve her performance. What a crime!! That voice!

[poetcomic1]

@conewells Its a rare 33 rpm

[kornpone]

@AtLastOnTheGround

Obviously a lot of people's first exposure to the work was through the film, which influences their feelings about the performances. In my case it was the opposite - I heard the original cast first. My feelings about Taylor's performance is a reaction to the endless gushing you hear about it. To me it was adequate, but it's very much Elizabeth Taylor playing Martha, while Uta Hagen is Martha.