Edward Albee

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author dramatist human playwright screenwriter

Edward Albee was an influential American playwright best known for his sharp, psychologically intense dramas such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?"

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instanceOf author ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
human ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
adaptedWork Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ⓘ
surface form: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (film)
awardReceived Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
National Medal of Arts ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ
birthName Edward Albee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Edward Franklin Albee III
causeOfDeath diabetes-related complications ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1928-03-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2016-09-16 ⓘ
educatedAt Trinity College (Hartford) ⓘ
familyName Edward Albee self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Albee
fieldOfWork playwriting ⓘ
theatre ⓘ
genre absurdist theatre ⓘ
drama ⓘ
psychological drama ⓘ
givenName Edward ⓘ
influenced American postwar drama ⓘ
contemporary American playwrights ⓘ
influencedBy Eugene Ionesco ⓘ
Samuel Beckett ⓘ
Tennessee Williams ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement Theatre of the Absurd ⓘ
name Edward Albee self-link ⓘ
notableWork A Delicate Balance ⓘ
Seascape ⓘ
The American Dream ⓘ
The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia? ⓘ
The Sandbox ⓘ
The Zoo Story ⓘ
Three Tall Women ⓘ
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? ⓘ
occupation dramatist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Washington, D.C. ⓘ
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
placeOfDeath Montauk ⓘ
surface form: Montauk, New York, United States
residence New York City ⓘ
sexualOrientation gay ⓘ
spouse Jonathan Thomas ⓘ
subjectOf biographies of Edward Albee ⓘ

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Choate Rosemary Hall → notableAlumnus → Edward Albee ⓘ