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Martha says "Screw you!" in the original cast recording of the 1966 film


When their visitors arrive at the front door, Martha is supposed to shout to George in anger, "Screw you!" That is according to Edward Albee's original play. But the production code at the time did not allow such profanity, so the film changed the line to "Goddamn you!" The film was also not allowed to be shown on TV due to its subject matters, so a cast album was released. And in it, the "Screw you!" line was retained. Someone has uploaded the album to Archive.org so you can hear for yourselves:

https://archive.org/details/virginia-woolf-deluxe-2-record-set

If you want to buy the album (since the upload may be a bootleg, a reason why Archive.org is being threatened to be shut down), you may find cheap copies on sites like Ebay.

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