Edward Albee

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March 12, 1928 in Virginia, The United States

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Theater, Literature & Fiction

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Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright known for works including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, The Zoo Story, The Sandbox and The American Dream. His works are considered well-crafted and often unsympathetic examinations of the modern condition. His early works reflect a mastery and Americanization of the Theatre of the Absurd that found its peak in works by European playwrights such as Jean Genet, Samuel Beckett, and Eugène Ionesco. Younger American playwrights, such as Pulitzer Prize-winner Paula Vogel, credit Albee's daring mix of theatricalism and biting dialogue with helping to reinvent the post-war American theatre in the early 1960s. Albee's dedication to continuing to evolve his voice — as evidenced in later producti...more

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Average rating: 4.00 · 20,507 ratings · 683 reviews · 46 distinct works

	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 4.06 avg rating — 13,368 ratings — published 1962 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The American Dream & The Zoo Story 3.96 avg rating — 2,320 ratings — published 1961 — 15 editions	My rating:
	The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? 3.97 avg rating — 1,222 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Zoo Story and Other Plays 3.91 avg rating — 1,021 ratings — published 1959 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Three Tall Women 3.84 avg rating — 570 ratings — published 1994 — 7 editions	My rating:
	A Delicate Balance 3.87 avg rating — 486 ratings — published 1966 — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Zoo Story & The Sandbox 3.96 avg rating — 271 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Tiny Alice 3.52 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1965 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Edward Albee's Seascape 3.57 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1975 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Sandbox & The Death of Bessie Smith 3.80 avg rating — 148 ratings — published 1963 — 6 editions	My rating:

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Series by Edward Albee

The Collected Plays (3 books)
by Edward Albee

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“What I mean by an educated taste is someone who has the same tastes that I have.”
― Edward Albee

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“I write to find out what I'm talking about.”
― Edward Albee

tags: writing

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“What could be worse than getting to the end of your life and realizing you hadn't lived it”
― Edward Albee

tags: life-lessons

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