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Edward Albee: A Singular Journey

Author : Mel Gussow
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 663 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2012-11-27
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476711706

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Edward Albee: A Singular Journey by Mel Gussow Pdf

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
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2005-07-21
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0521834554

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The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee by Stephen Bottoms Pdf

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.

Conversations with Edward Albee

Author : Edward Albee
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0878053425

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Conversations with Edward Albee by Edward Albee Pdf

The influential American playwright discusses his work, the nature of art, the role of the unconscious, American culture, and the theater.

Edward Albee

Author : Anita Stenz
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-02
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783110803075

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Edward Albee by Anita Stenz Pdf

The Zoo Story

Author : Edward Albee
Publisher : Penguin Group
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1960
Category : Drama
ISBN : UCSC:32106002085857

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The Zoo Story by Edward Albee Pdf

A collection of some of Edward Albee's earliest and most acclaimed works.

Edward Albee

Author : Phyllis T. Dircks
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-03-10
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780786456598

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Edward Albee by Phyllis T. Dircks Pdf

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 : Matthew Roudané
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780521898294

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Edward Albee by Matthew Roudané Pdf

This book covers all of Albee's original plays, spanning his entire career and containing unparalleled insights from personal interviews with the playwright.

Edward Albee

Author : Bruce Mann
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2004-11-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781135579555

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Edward Albee by Bruce Mann Pdf

From the "angry young man" who wrote Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf in 1962, determined to expose the emptiness of American experience to Tiny Alice which reveals his indebtedness to Samuel Beckett and Eugene Ionesco's Theatre of the Absurd, Edward Albee's varied work makes it difficult to label him precisely. Bruce Mann and his contributors approach Albee as an innovator in theatrical form, filling a critical gap in theatrical scholarship.

Edward Albee and Absurdism

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004324961

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Edward Albee and Absurdism by Anonim Pdf

In Edward Albee and Absurdism, Michael Y. Bennett has assembled an outstanding team of Edward Albee scholars to address Albee’s affiliation with Martin Esslin’s label, “Theatre of the Absurd,” examining whether or not this label is appropriate.

Edward Albee as Theatrical and Dramatic Innovator

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9789004394711

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Edward Albee as Theatrical and Dramatic Innovator by Anonim Pdf

Edward Albee as Theatrical and Dramatic Innovator explores this three-time Pulitzer prize-winning playwright’s innovations as a dramatist and theatrical artist and his contributions to the evolution of modern American drama.

Sex, Gender, and Sexualities in Edward Albee's Plays

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-03-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9789004362710

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Sex, Gender, and Sexualities in Edward Albee's Plays by Anonim Pdf

Sex, Gender, and Sexualities in the Plays of Edward Albee contains a general introduction and eleven essays by American and European Albee scholars on Albee’s depictions of gender relations, sexual relations, monogamy, child-rearing, and homosexuality.

Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Author : Michael Y. Bennett
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9781351599528

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Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Michael Y. Bennett Pdf

Edward Albee’s Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? shocked audiences and critics alike with its assault on decorum. At base though, the play is simply a love story: an examination of a long-wedded life, filled with the hopes, dreams, disappointments, and pain that accompany the passing of many years together. While the ethos of the play is tragicomic, it is the anachronistic, melodramatic secret object—the nonexistent "son"—that upends the audience’s sense of theatrical normalcy. The mean and vulgar bile spewed among the characters hides these elements, making it feel like something entirely "new." As Michael Y. Bennett reveals, the play is the same emperor, just wearing new clothes. In short, it is straight out of the grand tradition of living room drama: Ibsen, Chekhov, Glaspell, Hellmann, O’Neill, Wilder, Miller, Williams, and Albee.

A Study Guide for Edward Albee's "American Dream"

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410339775

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A Study Guide for Edward Albee's "American Dream" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Edward Albee's "American Dream," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

A Study Guide for Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice"

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410360656

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A Study Guide for Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Edward Albee's "Tiny Alice," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

A Study Guide for Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance: A Play"

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410344069

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A Study Guide for Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance: A Play" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

A Study Guide for Edward Albee's "Delicate Balance: A Play," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.