Albee, Edward 1928-

Overview

Works:	1,274 works in 3,135 publications in 9 languages and 90,480 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Fiction Catalogs Biography Film adaptations Psychological fiction History Exhibition catalogs
Roles:	Speaker, Interviewee, Other, Performer, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of introduction, Adapter, Recipient, Creator, Honoree, Director, Commentator, Scenarist, Contributor, Editor, Author of screenplay, Host, Dedicatee
Classifications:	PS3551.L25, 812.54

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Publications about Edward Albee

Publications by Edward Albee

Publications by Edward Albee, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Edward Albee

Edward Albee by Richard E Amacher ( Book )
American plays and playwrights of the contemporary theatre by Allan Lewis ( Book )
The modern American theater; a collection of critical essays by Alvin B Kernan ( Book )
A critical introduction to twentieth-century American drama by C. W. E Bigsby ( Book )
Modern American playwrights by Jean Gould ( Book )

Contemporary American literature, 1945-1972; an introduction by Ihab Habib Hassan ( Book )
Edward Albee : a collection of critical essays by C. W. E Bigsby ( Book )
Edward Albee : a singular journey : a biography by Mel Gussow ( Book )
Edward Albee by Ruby Cohn ( Book )
Edward Albee a research and production sourcebook by Barbara Lee Horn ( )
American playwrights on drama by Horst Frenz ( Book )
From tension to tonic: the plays of Edward Albee by Anne Paolucci ( Book )
The American theater today by Alan Seymour Downer ( Book )
Seven contemporary authors, essays on Cozzens, Miller, West, Golding, Heller, Albee, and Powers by Thomas B Whitbread ( Book )
Edward Albee ( Book )
Edward Albee: playwright in protest by Michael E Rutenberg ( Book )
Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Mike Nichols ( Visual )
Critical essays on Edward Albee ( Book )
The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee by Stephen J Bottoms ( Book )
Edward Albee by Gerry McCarthy ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Edward Albee

Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? : a play by Edward Albee ( Book )
271 editions published between 1922 and 2009 in 5 languages and held by 6,134 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
George, a disillusioned academic, and Martha, his caustic wife, have just come home from a faculty party. When a handsome young professor and his mousy wife stop by for a nightcap, an innocent night of fun and games quickly turns dark and dangerous. Long-buried resentment and rage are unleashed as George and Martha turn their rapier-sharp wits against each other, using their guests as pawns in their verbal sparring. By night's end, the secrets of both couples are uncovered and the lies they cling to are exposed. Considered by many to be Albee's masterpiece

A delicate balance : a play by Edward Albee ( Book )
71 editions published between 1966 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,472 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A drama which examines the lives and values of two middle-aged couples and two younger women

Tiny Alice, a play by Edward Albee ( Book )
55 editions published between 1965 and 1993 in 4 languages and held by 2,286 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Tragic allegory in which a Catholic lay brother's faith is tested by a wealthy woman, her lawyer, butler and a cardinal

Three tall women : a play in two acts by Edward Albee ( Book )
18 editions published between 1994 and 1995 in English and held by 1,607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
As an imperious, acerbic old woman lies dying, she is tended by two other women and visited by a young man

The play, the ballad of the sad cafe : Carson McCullers' novella adapted to the stage by Edward Albee ( Book )
29 editions published between 1963 and 1973 in English and held by 1,569 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Plain-faced and unhappy, the eccentric Miss Amelia marries and publicly humiliates Marvin, Macy, a charming con man who has fallen in love with her, causing him to battle to break her spirit and her heart as an act of revenge

Seascape : a play by Edward Albee ( Book )
24 editions published between 1975 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,471 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Set by the sea, this is the story of a middle-aged couple trying to figure out what to do with the rest of their lives when they encounter two humanoid sea-lizards who are debating their evolution into land creatures. Both "couples" hope for more than their past has given them. 2 acts, 2 men, 2 women, 1 exterior

Counting the ways and Listening : two plays by Edward Albee ( Book )
8 editions published between 1977 and 1978 in English and held by 1,406 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Listening. Constructed with the precision of a musical composition, and described by Clive Barnes as "a chamber opera and a symbolic poem about communication," the play juxtaposes three characters - "The Man," "The Woman," and "The Girl" - and sifts through the tangled relationship they have evidently shared. The Man is amiable but distant; The Woman acerbic and bitter; The Girl is perhaps mad - a catatonic who has destroyed her own child. Elliptical in form and redolent with evocative overtones, the play weaves together its strands of conversation and soliloquy into a meaningful pattern of events - underscoring the inescapable fact that while we may listen we do not always hear, and our lives, for better or worse, are shaped accordingly

All over; a play by Edward Albee ( Book )
25 editions published between 1970 and 1975 in English and Italian and held by 1,405 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The reaction of a family to death of one of its members is the central theme of Albee's exploration into the psyche of those individuals most closely involved with the final hours left an ill man

The American dream ; and, The zoo story : two plays by Edward Albee ( Book )
15 editions published between 1961 and 1997 in English and held by 1,292 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Everything in the garden by Edward Albee ( Book )
36 editions published between 1967 and 1996 in 4 languages and held by 1,214 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Prostitution ring of suburban housewives lead to murder. But, life and their lifestyle go on without missing a beat

The American dream, a play by Edward Albee ( Book )
43 editions published between 1960 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 1,142 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Arena Stage presents, Edward Albee's "The American Dream," and "What Shall We Tell Caroline?" by John Mortimer, directed by Alan Schneider

The lady from Dubuque : a play by Edward Albee ( Book )
10 editions published in 1980 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,103 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A strange visitor consoles a dying woman

Box and Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-tung; two inter-related plays by Edward Albee ( Book )
29 editions published between 1969 and 1997 in English and held by 1,098 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The role of art in society and the structure of that society are the subjects of Albee's connected plays. No character is seen in Box, only a woman's voice is heard, commenting on the corruption of life when pain is the only result of art. Chairman Mao speaks phrases of doctrine, while two women decry the fate of life

The zoo story; The death of Bessie Smith; The sandbox; three plays by Edward Albee ( Book )
7 editions published between 1960 and 1962 in English and held by 1,092 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The goat, or, Who is Sylvia? : (notes toward a definition of tragedy) by Edward Albee ( Book )
15 editions published between 2000 and 2005 in English and held by 1,074 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"In the play, Martin - a hugely successful architect who has just turned fifty - leads an ostensibly ideal life with his loving wife and gay teenage son. But when he confides to his best friend that he is also in love with a goat (named Sylvia), he sets in motion events that will destroy his family and leave his life in tatters."--BOOK JACKET

Louise Nevelson : atmospheres and environments by Louise Nevelson ( Book )
6 editions published in 1980 in English and held by 1,018 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Thornton Wilder : a life by Penelope Niven ( Book )
5 editions published between 2012 and 2013 in English and held by 1,002 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A fascinating, three-dimensional portrait of one of America's greatest playwrights, novelists, and literary icons

Malcolm by James Purdy ( Book )
19 editions published between 1966 and 1987 in English and held by 919 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Malcolm is a classic innocent, led from one protective personality to another in the search for his missing father. He becomes involved in a series of poignant and wildly comic adventures as he is taken under the wing of an astrologer, an undertaker, a jazz queen and other eccentric characters

The sandbox ; The death of Bessie Smith ; (with Fam and Yam) by Edward Albee ( Book )
24 editions published between 1959 and 2012 in English and held by 915 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The American dream, and The zoo story; two plays by Edward Albee ( Book )
45 editions published between 1959 and 1997 in English and held by 797 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Beneath the complacent surface of American life, Albee seeks out the hidden sources of our violence

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