Edward Albee

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.

Edward Albee's Titles

A Delicate Balance

Edward Albee's play A Delicate Balance won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play revolves around wealthy middle-aged couple Agnes and Tobias,...

Three Plays by Edward Albee: The Death of Bessie Smith, The Sandbox, The American Dream

Three Plays by Edward Albee features three acclaimed one-act plays from the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award–winning playwright's early years....

At Home at the Zoo: Homelife and The Zoo Story

Edward Albee'sAt Home at the Zoo brings together two classic one-act playsHomelife and the iconic The Zoo Storyrevealing the evolution of one...

The Collected Plays of Edward Albee,

Volume 1

The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Volume 1 includes eight plays from 1958–1965 by "a major American playwright who helped change the shape...

Play About the Baby

The Play About the Baby is an absurdist black comedy, reminiscent of burlesque in its high spirits and banter, that grapples with such issues...