Cover of Collected Plays of Edward Albee: 1958-1965

Collected Plays of Edward Albee: 1958-1965

The Collected Plays series

These 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 Dreamto his early masterpiece, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf Also included are two adaptations from notable American novels The Ballad of the Sad Cafeand Malcolmand 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.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 637 pages

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