Edward Albee

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Edward Albee
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Edward Albee

• Born in Washington, DC on March 12, 1928
• Adopted by the rich Albee family involved in the
  theater bussines
• Dismissed from almost every school he attended

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The Zoo Story (1959)

• His first major play
• One-act play, written in three weeks
• Branded as the birth of the American absurdist
  drama

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The Zoo Story (1959)
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Edward Albee

• Albee became perceived as a leader of a new
  theatrical movement in America.
• The critics described him as the successor to
  American playwrights Arthur Miller, Tennessee
  Williams, and Eugene O'Neill.
• Influenced by European playwrights like Samuel
  Beckett and Harold Pinter.

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962)

• Edward Albees best known play.
• Earned him the well deserved respect among the
  critics.
• Nominated for Pulitzer prize.
• Won the Tony Award and New York Drama Critics
  Circle Award.

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Motion Picture
(1966)
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Motion Picture
(1966) Trivia

• Every credited member of the cast received an
  Academy Award nomination.
• The first film to use the word "Bugger" in its
  dialogue.
• The first movie to be given the MPAA tag "No one
  under 18 will be admitted unless accompanied by
  his parent."
• According to Edward Albee, the only thing he
  doesn't like about the film is the over-use of
  over-head shots.

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Motion Picture
(1966) Trivia

• The only film (so far) in Academy history to be
  nominated in every eligible category (13 eligable
  categories/13 nominations picture, actor,
  actress, supporting actor, supporting actress,
  director, adapted screenplay, art direction/set
  decoration (bw), cinematography (bw), sound,
  costume design (bw), music score, film editing).

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Motion Picture
(1966) Quotes

• Martha I swear to GOD George, if you even
  EXISTED I'd divorce you.
• George Martha, in my mind you're buried in
  cement right up to the neck. No, up to the nose,
  it's much quieter.
• George about his wifes weight Martha is
  108... years old. She weighs somewhat more than
  that.
• Martha Well, you're going bald. George So are
  you

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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Motion Picture
(1966) Awards Oscar

• Best Actress in a Leading RoleElizabeth Taylor
• Best Actress in a Supporting RoleSandy Dennis
• Best Art Direction-Set Decoration,
  Black-and-White Richard Sylbert George James
  Hopkins
• Best Cinematography, Black-and-WhiteHaskell
  Wexler
• Best Costume Design, Black-and-WhiteIrene
  Sharaff

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Edward Albee

• Pulitzer prize A Delicate Balance (1966)
• Pulitzer prize Seascape (1975)
• Pulitzer prize Three Tall Women (1994)
• Tony awards for Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
  and The Goat, or Who is Sylvia (2002)
• Tony award for Lifetime Achievement (2005)

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Edward Albee Plays

• The Zoo Story (1958)
• The Death of Bessie Smith (1959)
• The Sandbox (1959)
• Fam and Yam (1959)
• The American Dream (1960)
• Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1961-62, Tony
  Award)
• The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (1963) (adapted from
  the novella by Carson McCullers)
• Tiny Alice (1964)
• Malcolm (1965) (adapted from the novel by James
  Purdy)
• A Delicate Balance (1966)
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966)
• Everything in the Garden (1967) (adapted from a
  play by British playwright Giles Cooper)
• Box and Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung
  (1968)
• Sandbox (1968)
• All Over (1971)

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Edward Albee Plays

• Seascape (1974)
• Listening (1975)
• Counting the Ways (1976)
• The Lady From Dubuque (1977-79)
• Lolita (adapted from the novel by Vladimir
  Nabokov)
• The Man Who Had Three Arms (1981)
• Finding the Sun (1982)
• Marriage Play (1986-87)
• Three Tall Women (1990-91)
• The Lorca Play (1992)
• Fragments (1993)
• The Play About the Baby (1996)
• The Goat or Who is Sylvia? (2000, Tony Award)
• Occupant (2001)
• Peter Jerry (Act One Homelife. Act Two The
  Zoo Story) (2004)
• Me, Myself I (In Progress)

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"I have been both overpraised and underpraised. I
assume by the time I finish writing - and I plan
to go on writing until I'm ninety or gaga - it
will all equal itself out. Edward
Albee