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Edward Albee A Singular Journey
Author | : Mel Gussow |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2012-11-27 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781476711706 |
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In 1960, Edward Albee electrified the theater world with the American premiere of The Zoo Story, and followed it two years later with his extraordinary first Broadway play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Proclaimed as the playwright of his generation, he went on to win three Pulitzer Prizes for his searing and innovative plays. Mel Gussow, author, critic, and cultural writer for The New York Times, has known Albee and followed his career since its inception, and in this fascinating biography he creates a compelling firsthand portrait of a complex genius. The book describes Albee's life as the adopted child of rich, unloving parents and covers the highs and lows of his career. A core myth of Albee's life, perpetuated by the playwright, is that The Zoo Story was his first play, written as a thirtieth birthday present to himself. As Gussow relates, Albee has been writing since adolescence, and through close analysis the author traces the genesis of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Tiny Alice, A Delicate Balance, and other plays. After his early triumphs, Albee endured years of critical neglect and public disfavor. Overcoming artistic and personal difficulties, he returned in 1994 with Three Tall Women. In this prizewinning play he came to terms with the towering figure of his mother, the woman who dominated so much of his early life. With frankness and critical acumen, and drawing on extensive conversations with the playwright, Gussow offers fresh insights into Albee's life. At the same time he provides vivid portraits of Albee's relationships with the people who have been closest to him, including William Flanagan (his first mentor), Thornton Wilder, Richard Barr, John Steinbeck, Alan Schneider, John Gielgud, and his leading ladies, Uta Hagen, Colleen Dewhurst, Irene Worth, Myra Carter, Elaine Stritch, Marian Seldes, and Maggie Smith. And then there are, most famously, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who starred in Mike Nichols's acclaimed film version of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The book places Albee in context as a playwright who inspired writers as diverse as John Guare and Sam Shepard, and as a teacher and champion of human rights. Edward Albee: A Singular Journey is rich with colorful details about this uniquely American life. It also contains previously unpublished photographs and letters from and to Albee. It is the essential book about one of the major artists of the American theater.
The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee
Author | : Stephen Bottoms |
Publsiher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 2005-07-21 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0521834554 |
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Edward Albee, perhaps best known for his acclaimed and infamous 1960s drama Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, is one of America's greatest living playwrights. Now in his seventies, he is still writing challenging, award-winning dramas. This collection of essays on Albee, which includes contributions from the leading commentators on Albee's work, brings fresh critical insights to bear by exploring the full scope of the playwright's career, from his 1959 breakthrough with The Zoo Story to his recent Broadway success, The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? (2002). The contributors include scholars of both theatre and English literature, and the essays thus consider the plays both as literary texts and as performed drama. The collection considers a number of Albee's lesser-known and neglected works, provides a comprehensive introduction and overview, and includes an exclusive, original interview with Mr Albee, on topics spanning his whole career.
Edward Albee
Author | : Phyllis T. Dircks |
Publsiher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 181 |
Release | : 2010-03-10 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9780786456598 |
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This work covers the canon of playwright Edward Albee, perhaps best known as the author of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Comprehensive entries detail the plays and major characters. Other features include biographical information and insights into Albee's artistic beliefs, his understanding of the playwright's responsibility, the importance of music in drama, and the technical craft of writing plays.
Edward Albee
Author | : Anita Stenz |
Publsiher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2012-01-02 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9783110803075 |
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Conversations with Edward Albee
Author | : Edward Albee |
Publsiher | : Univ. Press of Mississippi |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0878053425 |
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The influential American playwright discusses his work, the nature of art, the role of the unconscious, American culture, and the theater.
The Zoo Story
Author | : Edward Albee |
Publsiher | : Penguin Group |
Total Pages | : 182 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : UCSC:32106002085857 |
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A collection of some of Edward Albee's earliest and most acclaimed works.
The Collected Plays of Edward Albee
Author | : Edward Albee |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Academic |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : American drama |
ISBN | : 071563741X |
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This volume contains the eight plays written by Albee during his first decade as a playwright, from 1958 to 1965. These range from the four one-act plays with which he exploded on the New York theatre scene in 1958-59 to his early masterpiece 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf' in 1961-62.
Everything in the Garden
Author | : Edward Albee,Giles Cooper |
Publsiher | : Dramatists Play Service Inc |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : 1968 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0822203715 |
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THE STORY: In George Oppenheimer's words: As always with Mr. Albee there is a theme beneath the surface, in this case the corruption of money and the rottenness of this bigoted exurbia where conformity to its illiberal standards and its hypocritical show