The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Volume 1: 1958-1965

by Edward Albee

Overview

The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Volume 1 includes eight plays from 1958–1965 by “a major American playwright who helped change the shape of drama here and abroad” (New York Times).

Edward Albee’s plays featured here range from the four brilliant one-act plays with which he exploded on the New York theater scene—The Zoo Story, The Death of Bessie Smith, The Sandbox, and The American Dream—to his early masterpiece, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Also included are two adaptations from notable American novels The Ballad of the Sad Café and Malcolm and Albee’s mysteriously fascinating Tiny Alice.

This book represents one of the most exciting and bold periods in the career of one of America’s most popular and imaginative playwrights.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585678846
Publisher:	The Overlook Press
Publication date:	12/18/2007
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	640
Sales rank:	1,148,219
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.50(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	7
	The Zoo Story	11
	The Death of Bessie Smith	41
	The Sandbox	83
	The American Dream	95
	Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?	149
	The Ballad of the Sad Cafe	313
	Tiny Alice	419
	Malcolm	549