Edward Albee
Edward Franklin Albee III was an American playwright known for works such as The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), A Delicate Balance (1966), and Three Tall Women (1994). Some critics have argued that some of his work constitutes an American variant of what Martin Esslin identified as and named the Theater of the Absurd.
Background
- Born in
- Washington, D.C.
- Educated at
- Trinity CollegeValley Forge Military Academy and CollegeChoate Rosemary HallRye Country Day SchoolLawrenceville School
- Awards
- 🏆 Pulitzer Prize for Drama🏆 Nestroy Theatre Prize🏆 Kennedy Center Honors🏆 National Medal of Arts🏆 Tony Award for Best Play
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Trending topics shown first"Sometimes a person has to go a very long distance out of his way to come back a short distance correctly."
"Do you know what a playwright is? A playwright is someone who lets his guts hang out on the stage."
"Who's afraid of Edward Albee", by Laura Parker, in Intelligent Life"
"I have been both overpraised and underpraised. I assume by the time I finish writing — and I plan to go on writing until I'm 90 or gaga — it will all equal itself out... You can't involve yourself wit…"
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Timeline
1928
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Died
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