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

Delicate Balance Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama

A Delicate Balance

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, A Delicate Balance is one of Edward Albee’s most searching and unsettling playsan unflinching portrait...

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’s At Home at the Zoo brings together two classic one-act playsHomelife and the iconic The Zoo Storyrevealing the evolution of...

The Collected Plays of Edward Albee,

Volume 1

A landmark volume from one of the most influential voices in American theater, The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Volume 1: 1958–1965 gathers...

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...