The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Volume 1: 1958-1965 - Softcover

Albee, Edward

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1585678848 ISBN 13: 9781585678846

Publisher: Overlook Duckworth, 2007

Synopsis

These range from the four brilliant one-act plays with which he exploded on the New York theater scene The Zoo Story, The Death of Bessie Smith, The Sandbox, and The American Dream to his early masterpiece, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Also included are two adaptations from notable American novels The Ballad of the Sad Café and Malcolm and Albee's mysteriously fascinating Tiny Alice. This book represents one of the most exciting and bold periods in the career of one of America's most popular and imaginative playwrights.

About this title

About the Author:

Edward Albee (1928-2016), his plays include The Zoo Story (1958), The American Dream (1960), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1961–62, Tony Award), Tiny Alice (1964), A Delicate Balance (1966, Pulitzer Prize, and Tony Award, 1996), Seascape (1974, Pulitzer Prize, also available from Overlook), Three Tall Women (1994, Pulitzer Prize), and The Play About the Baby (2001, also available from Overlook). He was awarded the Gold Medal in Drama from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 1980, and in 1996 he received both the Kennedy Center Honors and the National Medal of Arts.

About this edition

• Publisher: Overlook Duckworth
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1585678848
• ISBN 13: 9781585678846
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 640