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Edward Albee
Albee, Edward (Franklin)
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Albee, Edward (Franklin) (1928– ), American playwright, associated with the Theatre of the
Absurd, whose later explorations of sexual fantasy, frustration, and domestic anguish also recall the plays of T.
Williams. His works include the macabre one-act satiric comedy
The American Dream (1961); the more naturalistic marital tragi-comedy of academe
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962);
Tiny Alice (1965); and
A Delicate Balance (1966), a tragi-comedy set in a hard-drinking domestic environment. Later plays include
All Over (1971);
Seascape (1975);
The Lady From Dubuque (1980);
The Man Who Had Three Arms (1982);
Marriage Play (1986);
Three Tall Women (1992), the leading character of which was based on Albee's adoptive mother; and
The Goat (2002) which, like most of his work, is both shocking and funny.
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Interview: Edward Albee talks about what he wishes he had written
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition; 11/23/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...NPR) 11-23-2004 Interview: Edward Albee talks about what he wishes he had...Those who remember him include Edward Albee, the Pulitzer Prize-winning...immensely influenced by Beckett. Mr. EDWARD ALBEE (Author): I've learned comedy...
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The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Theatre History Studies; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee. Edited by Stephen Bottoms. Cambridge...paperback. Stretching My Mind. By Edward Albee. New York: Carroll & Graf...publication of three volumes of Edward Albee's plays by Overlook Press, the...
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 "The Record (Bergen County, NJ)")
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A RENEWED EDWARD ALBEE IS BACK IN THE ACT
Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ); 4/24/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...NJ) 04-24-1994 A RENEWED EDWARD ALBEE IS BACK IN THE ACT -- AGAIN ENJOYING...Editions -- Sunday Biographical: EDWARD ALBEE The careers of major American playwrights...and eventually killed himself. Edward Albee, the author of "Who's Afraid...
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Edward Albee. (playwright)(Interview)
Magazine article from: The Progressive; 8/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Valley Forge, and Trinity College, playwright Edward Albee didn't have an easy start. He was expelled...and A Delicate Balance (1966)--which won Albee his first Pulitzer prize. Albee said from the start that he hated the commercial...
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Who's afraid of not being popular? Not playwright Edward Albee, back on top again.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 12/30/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...Frank Sinatra hit to describe Edward Albee isn't likely to occur to...were both victims of it. Edward has lived in the center of his resurgence. If I were Edward, I'd be taking some revenge.'' Albee's mainstream resurgence...
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 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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The Albee gaze; Candid, unflinching, unconcerned with his public perception, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee can shatter an illusion or two in a single lunch.(VARIETY)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/7/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...sunny Friday recently, Edward Albee, the three-time Pulitzer...such talk. Meanwhile, Albee's "The Play About the...Virginia Woolf." "Edward writes with clinical precision...cutting to the bone." As Albee sipped iced tea over lunch...
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WHO'S AFRAID OF EDWARD ALBEE? BEFORE HIS TALKS, ODU WILL PRODUCE TWO OF HIS PLAYS.(DAILY BREAK)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 10/1/2001; 700+ words
; ...VINCENT THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT\ EDWARD ALBEE is a dangerous man. For four...So who's afraid of Edward Albee? We'll find out Thursday when...Albee, son of the millionaire Edward Franklin Albee. The family's money came from...
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Show People: Reach out, Albee there: Edward Albee
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 10/16/1994; ; 700+ words
; ...by Eugene O'Neill's four. Yet Edward Albee's work has not been seen on Broadway...he was adopted by Frances and Reed Albee; Reed was heir to the Keith-Albee chain of vaudeville houses. So Edward had a privileged childhood, marred...
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Won't you come home, Edward Albee?
Magazine article from: American Theatre; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Broadway, the New York Post trumpeted Edward Albee as the "next Eugene O'Neill...success of his early one-acts, Albee was often called the "American...when the trouble all began for Edward Albee in America - a country that likes...
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Dramatist's fame, career as exotic as his plays: Mercurial Edward Albee enjoys `revival'.(Arts)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 12/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...much more, has been said and written about Edward Franklin Albee, a man whose theatrical career - in terms...of 2 weeks by Reed and Frances Albee. Reed Albee's father was Edward Franklin Albee, of the Albee-Keith chain of vaudeville...
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Edward Franklin Albee III
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Edward Franklin Albee III American playwright Edward Franklin Albee, III (born 1928), achieved great success in the...absurd [in America]. It was in this context that Edward Albee became a culture hero … after …...
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Albee, Edward 1928-
Book article from: American Decades
ALBEE, EDWARD 1928- Playwright Early Promise Playwright Edward Albee stood out in the midst of what many critics...1960s. Sources: Richard E. Amacher, Edward Albee, revised edition (Boston: Twayne...
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Albee, Edward (Franklin, III)
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Albee, Edward [Franklin, III] (b. 1928), playwright...grandson of the vaudeville magnate E. F. Albee , he was born in Washington, D. C...lies a disturbed sexuality. Biography: Edward Albee: A Singular Journey , Mel Gussow, 2000...
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Edward Albee
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Edward Albee , 1928-, American playwright, one of...about the Baby (1998). In 2002 two new Albee plays debuted, The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia...See P. C. Kolin, Conversations with Edward Albee (1987); biography by M. Gussow (1999...
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Albee, Edward Franklin
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Albee, Edward Franklin (1928– ), American dramatist, grandson (by adoption) of Edward Franklin Albee (1857–1930), who in 1920 owned a circuit of some 70 vaudeville...
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