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Edward Franklin Albee III (/ ˈ ɔː l b iː / AWL-bee; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee was an American dramatist and theatrical producer best known for his play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), which displays slashing insight and witty dialogue in its gruesome portrayal of married life.
Edward Albee: A Singular Journey: A Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999. The Edward Albee Society is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote the study of the life and works of Edward Albee, and the drama and theatre for which his work was in large part the instigator and model.
May 3, 2019 · As the only avant-garde American dramatist of his generation to attain a wide measure of popular success, Albee sometimes demonstrates, especially in the plays from the first decade of his career, the rather strident and accusatory voice of the angry young man.
Edward Albee is one of the “Big Four” classic American playwrights, including Eugene O’Neill, Tennessee Williams, and Arthur Miller. His career spans several decades, from the late 1950s to the present, during which he has written nearly 30 plays.
Edward Albee’s play is about the dysfunctional and self-destructive marriage between a history professor and his wife, witnessed over the course of one night (or, technically, one very early morning) following a party. But how should we analyse Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Explore the Works of Edward Albee. The Zoo Story. Peter, a publishing executive, is reading on his favorite bench in New York City’s Central Park. Suddenly he is approached by a stranger named Jerry, who makes his entrance with the announcement “I’ve been to the zoo!”
Sep 17, 2016 · Culture Desk. Postscript: Edward Albee, 1928-2016. By Hilton Als. September 17, 2016. Edward Albee, in 1965. PHOTOGRAPH BY JACK MITCHELL / GETTY. Writing that gets under your skin, in your...
Sep 17, 2016 · Edward Albee, the award-winning playwright who instilled fire-breathing life into George and Martha, the middle-aged couple who made his “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” a clenched...
Sep 17, 2016 · Edward Albee, who has died aged 88, stood at the very forefront of the American theatre and was the last of his country’s great 20th-century playwriting pioneers who included Eugene O’Neill,...
