Me—I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf

Me - I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf is a 1978 television play by Alan Bennett, produced by London Weekend Television and directed by Stephen Frears.

It tells the story of Trevor (Neville Smith), a teacher of English Literature to adults in the evenings. Trevor is not a happy man; his girlfriend gets her hair in her muesli, someone has vandalised his visual aids for his evening classes; drawing a large pair of breasts on his poster of Virginia Woolf and a big cigar in the mouth of E. M. Forster on the other; he suffers from 'curate's bladder' and is unable to urinate if there is another man present in the toilet; and he does not even like his name - Trevor. Most of his students are hopeless but there is one bright working-class man in the class. After an unpleasant evening during which he gets punched in the face he meets the bright student, Skinner (Derek Thompson), by chance. Skinner addresses him as 'Trev' and this cheers him up greatly, making him seeing himself in a new light. It is hinted that there will be a future gay romance between Trevor and Skinner.

The title of the play is a parody of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, which in turn plays on the title of the Disney song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?"

Films directed by Stephen Frears

Gumshoe (1971)
Me—I'm Afraid of Virginia Woolf (1978)
Afternoon Off (1979)
Bloody Kids (1979)
Walter (1982)
Walter and June (1983)
Saigon: Year of the Cat (1983)
December Flower (1984)
The Hit (1984)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Prick Up Your Ears (1987)
Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door (1987)
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
Dangerous Liaisons (1988)
The Grifters (1990)
Hero (1992)
The Snapper (1993)
Mary Reilly (1996)
The Van (1996)
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
High Fidelity (2000)
Liam (2000)
Fail Safe (2000)
Dirty Pretty Things (2002)
The Deal (2003)
Mrs Henderson Presents (2005)
The Queen (2006)
Chéri (2009)
Tamara Drewe (2010)
Lay the Favorite (2012)
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight (2013)
Philomena (2013)
The Program (2015)
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)

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