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$15.95. theater For his addition to the "Literary Conversations" series, editor Kolin has selected 27 of the more than 125 interviews Albee has given. Arranged chronologically, they cover the years from his first success in 1961 with Zoo Story to 1986. As the foremost American avant-garde playwright, Albee discusses his plays, the creative process, the critics ("ignore them"), and the state of American theater, which he finds to be thriving in experimental and university settings. Since all the interviews are quoted in full, there is much repetition of information. Still, this is of interest to serious theater students and deserves to be in most theater collections. Marcia L. Perry, Berkshire Atenaeum, Pittsfield, Mass.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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This review is from: Conversations with Edward Albee (Literary Conversations) (Paperback)
I first heard of Edward Albee in a foreward he wrote for a collection of plays by Noel Coward. I assumed, if he was someone influenced by the New Renaissance man, I would enjoy his plays. I've read 6, and hate them all. Zoo Story isn't too bad, the rest are good plays, just not my cup of tea. However, this is not what this book is about. Like James McNeill Whistler, he speaks his philosophy when he is SPEAKING it far better than when he is painting, or, in this case, writing. Albee is a genius, and his conversations inspired me and helped me formulate much of my personal views of theater and life.
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We had a talk last week with Edward Albee, the thirty-three-year-old playwright whose three one-act plays now on the boards Off-Broadway have established him as the critics' current man-of-promise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Edward Albee, New York, Jeanne Wolf, Miss Gordon, United States, Delicate Balance, Tiny Alice, Peter Adam, Tennessee Williams, Ballad of the Sad, The Lady, Pulitzer Prize, Miss Faber, Neil Simon, Miss Young, Soviet Union, Western Union, Counting the Ways, Dramatists Guild, John Simon, The Sandbox, Hartford Stage Company, Richard Barr, Actors Studio, Central Park New!
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We had a talk last week with Edward Albee, the thirty-three-year-old playwright whose three one-act plays now on the boards Off-Broadway have established him as the critics' current man-of-promise. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Edward Albee, New York, Jeanne Wolf, Miss Gordon, United States, Delicate Balance, Tiny Alice, Peter Adam, Tennessee Williams, Ballad of the Sad, The Lady, Pulitzer Prize, Miss Faber, Neil Simon, Miss Young, Soviet Union, Western Union, Counting the Ways, Dramatists Guild, John Simon, The Sandbox, Hartford Stage Company, Richard Barr, Actors Studio, Central Park New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward Albee on 66 pages
- The Zoo Story (Acting Edition) by Edward Albee on 40 pages
- A Delicate Balance by Edward Albee on 24 pages
- Tiny Alice by Edward Albee on 22 pages
- THE AMERICAN DREAM. by Edward. Albee on 22 pages
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- The Cambridge Companion to Edward Albee (Cambridge Companions to Literature) by Stephen Bottoms on 11 pages
- Repetition in Discourse: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Volume 1 (Human/Computer Interaction) by Barbara Johnstone on page 111, and page 112
- The Theatre Team: Playwright, Producer, Director, Designers, and Actors (Contributions in Drama and Theatre Studies) by Sidney Berger on page 106
- The Playwright's Muse (Studies in Modern Drama) by Joan Herrington in Back Matter
- Genesis of an American Playwright by Horton Foote in Back Matter
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