Edward Albee
The foremost American absurdist playwright, Albee fused the European Theatre of the Absurd with American realism to create corrosive domestic dramas. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is one of the most shattering plays in the American canon. He won three Pulitzer Prizes over a long career.
Works
- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Dark comedy about marriage deterioration revealed through night of drinking and cruelty
- The Zoo StoryAbsurdist one-act play about stranger's unexpected confrontation in urban park
- A Delicate BalanceComedy-drama about family maintaining precarious emotional equilibrium during crisis
- SeascapeAbsurdist play exploring existence and relationships between two human-like lizards
- Three Tall WomenPlay about three generations of women confronting mortality, aging, and existence