Albee

Albee is a surname, most notably associated with Edward Albee, the American playwright known for works like *Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?* and *The Zoo Story*.

References to Albee in literary or theatrical contexts typically mean him.

The name occasionally appears as a given name.

theatre

Broadway

Manhattan theatrical district

set design · lighting · proscenium · curtain call · ensemble · performance · production · revival · repertory · audience

playwright

Edward

Traditional masculine name

script · dialogue · characterization · monologue · stage directions · adaptation · revivals · premiere · Tony Award · dramatic literature

absurdist

existential

Relating to existence itself

meaningless · futile · disillusionment · alienation · Ionesco · Beckett · Pinter · non sequitur · Kafkaesque · bleak

themes

marriage

Formal union between partners

family · cruelty · communication · American Dream · disillusionment · betrayal · power struggle · class · hypocrisy · truth

Opposites
theatrical style and dramatic philosophy

AlbeeNeil Simon

American comic playwright

Oscar Hammerstein II · light comedy · Hallmark · Norman Lear · Aaron Sorkin

commercial vs. artistic positioning

AlbeeNeil Simon

American comic playwright

Andrew Lloyd Webber · commercial theater · dinner theater

dramatic tradition

AlbeeArthur Miller

American dramatist, mid-century

Tennessee Williams · Eugene O'Neill · David Mamet · August Wilson · naturalism

Phrases
Family

Edward Albee

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