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| Albee, Edward (Franklin) |
American dramatist and theatrical producer, best known for WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF? (1962), which examined illusion and reality with slashing insight and witty dialogue in its gruesome portrayal of married life.
Albee was an adopted child, and he grew up in New York City and nearby Westchester County. He was educated at Choate School (graduated 1946) and Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. (1946–47). He began writing plays in the late 1950s. Among his early one-act plays, THE ZOO STORY, THE AMERICAN DREAM, and THE SANDBOX (all published 1959) were the most successful; they established Albee as an astute critic of American values and of human interaction. Many critics, however, consider his first full-length play, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf ? (film, 1966), to be his most important work. It was followed by a number of full-length works—including Tiny Alice (1964), A DELICATE BALANCE (1966; winner of a Pulitzer Prize), SEASCAPE (1975; winner of a Pulitzer Prize), and The Man Who Had Three Arms (1982). His play Three Tall Women (produced 1991) won him a third Pulitzer.
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