Conversations with Edward Albee

by Philip C. Kolin, Gerry McCarthy, Edward Albee

Book Overview

Edward Albee has reigned over the American theater since 1959. By transporting the techniques of European absurdism to American soil, he ushered in a new era in the American theater. He has said he won two and one-half Pulitzers---one for Delicate Balance, one for Seascape, and the one-half supposedly for Virginia Woolf, which the Pulitzer committee denied to Albee in 1962 because they objected to the language of the play.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0878053425
• ISBN13: 9780878053421
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 258 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Better than his writing

I first heard of Edward Albee in a foreward he wrote for a collection of plays by Noel Coward. I assumed, if he was someone influenced by the New Renaissance man, I would enjoy his plays. I've read 6, and hate them all. Zoo Story isn't too bad, the rest are good plays, just not my cup of tea. However, this is not what this book is about. Like James McNeill Whistler, he speaks his philosophy when he is SPEAKING it far better than when he is painting, or, in this case, writing. Albee is a genius, and his conversations inspired me and helped me formulate much of my personal views of theater and life.