Biography
Edward Franklin Albee III ( 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? (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 and named the Theater of the Absurd. Three of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and two of his other works won the Tony Award for Best Play.
His works are often considered frank 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 Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, and Jean Genet.
His middle period comprised plays that explored the psychology of maturing, marriage and sexual relationships. Younger American playwrights, such as Paula Vogel, credit Albee's mix of theatricality and biting dialogue with helping to reinvent postwar American theatre in the early 1960s. Later in life, Albee continued to experiment in works such as The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? (2002).
Filmography
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Movies 20
self 14
Writer 8
TV Shows 3
Three Tall Women (2022)
The Rest I Make Up (2018)
Marian (2017)
National Theatre Live: Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (2017)
James Thurber: The Life and Hard Times (2014)
Making the Boys (2011)
Masterclass (2010)
My Dog: An Unconditional Love Story (2009)
Jack Mitchell: My Life Is Black and White (2006)
The Ballad of Greenwich Village (2005)
Tre långa kvinnor (1997)
Perfect Moment (1997)
Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
Waiting for Beckett (1993)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1991)
Judy Garland: The Concert Years (1985)
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
All Over (1976)
A Delicate Balance (1973)
Great Performances (1971)
Fragmentos de Dois Escritores (1969)
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
Der amerikanische Traum (1962)
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GenderMale
Birthday1928-03-12
Deathday2016-09-16 (88 years old)
Birth NameEdward Franklin Albee
Birth PlaceWashington, D.C., United States of America
RelationshipsTerrence McNally (1959-01-01 - 1964-01-01)
RelativesReed A. Albee
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
ResidencesWashington · D.C., United States of America
AwardsFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, America Award in Literature, St. Louis Literary Award, PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award, Hull-Warriner Award, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, Drama Desk Special Award, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Tony Award for Best Play, National Medal of Arts, Kennedy Center Honors, Nestroy Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Evelyn F. Burkey Award, honorary doctor of the University of Miami
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