Seascape: Play in Two Acts [Paperback]

Edward Albee (Author), Edward Albee (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0822210045 | ISBN-13: 978-0822210047 | Publication Date: January 1998 | Edition: Not Stated

On the heels of the success of Edward Albee's The Collected Plays of Edward Albee, Overlook brings back--in a stand-alone volume--one of Albee's most cherished plays, a fantastic story of what it means to be alive--winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

On a deserted stretch of beach, a middle-aged couple relaxes after a picnic lunch and converse idly about home, family, and their life together. She sketches; he naps. Then, suddenly, they are joined by two sea creatures, a pair of lizards from the depths of the ocean, with whom they engage in a fascinating dialogue. The emotional and intellectual reverberations of this bizarre conversation will linger in the heart and the mind long after the curtain falls--or the last page is turned.

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 59 pages
• Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.; Not Stated edition (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822210045
• ISBN-13: 978-0822210047
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #248,609 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars His best, along with Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, October 9, 1999

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This review is from: Seascape: Play in Two Acts (Paperback)

This play, about the questions and answers of human evolution, is fascinating. It won the Pulitzer for a reason, and I highly recommend finding out that reason on your own. It's too bad this play has fallen into obscurity-- I think it is one of the best American dramas thus far. Brilliant. Read (or watch, if you get the chance) this play and shiver.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "What's it all about Albee?", October 26, 2003

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I. Sondel "I. Sondel - lover of the arts" (Tallahassee, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seascape: Play in Two Acts (Paperback)

"Seascape" is a literate and eloquent rumination on evolution and the meaning of life. Albee's use of language both impressive and economical. As is his want, the author provokes his audience to challenge prescribed ideology. How rare and refreshing to find an author willing to demand that his audience participate in the theatrical experience by requiring them to question, explore and contemplate.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A Pulitzer Prize for this?, June 13, 2010

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Bohdan Hodiak - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Seascape: Play in Two Acts (Paperback)

I admire Albee's work very much having seen four of his plays. A daring, witty, and interesting playwright. But I can't see what is special in this play. I just saw a well-acted, well-directed performance in a little theater in Lafayette, CO, so the problem for me is the script. Nothing special in the wife wanting adventure in retirement and her husband wanting peace and comfort. Nothing special in the lizards wanting to evolve, bored with their life in the ocean. A positive ending: the human couple will help the lizards evolve and so spark their own life. So?